Common kitchen scrap that will make lavenders in your garden 'bigger and healthier'

Lavender is a popular garden plant in the UK, and one gardener has found a common ingredient that helps it grow stronger.

Evolution of new physical traits in mollusks has declined and grown more predictable over time

Paleobiologist Geerat Vermeij is enthralled with mollusks. Their shells line the surfaces and fill the cabinets and drawers ...
Philadelphia Magazine

How This Philly Chef Is Proving Snails Are a Real Greek Classic

Drawing on his family’s foraging traditions, Stina’s chef Bobby Saritsoglou is showing Philly there’s more to Greek food than lamb and gyros.
AOL

20 Photos of Everyday Objects That Are Way Bigger Than You Imagined

We move through the world every day assuming we have a solid grasp on the dimensions of our surroundings, but many common objects are designed to be deceptive. When we see something like a traffic ...
Live Science

City-size, cold-volcano comet transforms into a glowing 'snail shell' after major explosive outburst

Following a massive cryovolcanic eruption, the mysterious Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has been morphed into a giant spiral and is now shining 100 times brighter than normal. When you purchase ...
Oregonian

PGE will expand to Washington state, acquiring swath of PacifiCorp territory

Portland General Electric announced Tuesday that it will buy most of PacifiCorp’s utility assets in the state of Washington for $1.9 billion, including two wind farms, a natural gas-fired power plant, ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Thai Ballot Controversy Casts Shadow Over Government Formation

Thailand’s election agency is facing allegations of ballot traceability in the Feb. 8 election, with growing calls from activists and politicians for the vote to be annulled potentially delaying the ...
Bleeping Computer

Snail mail letters target Trezor and Ledger users in crypto-theft attacks

Threat actors are sending physical letters pretending to be from Trezor and Ledger, makers of cryptocurrency hardware wallets, to trick users into submitting recovery phrases in crypto theft attacks.
The New York Times

Students Are Skipping the Hardest Part of Growing Up

Mr. Shirky, a vice provost at New York University, has been helping faculty members and students adapt to digital tools since 2015. Back in 2023, when ChatGPT was still new, a professor friend had a ...
bleedingcool

Snail Shell Reveals Their New RPG-09 Pot Mimic 1/12 Action Figure

The RPG-09 Pot Mimic is a playful yet clever reimagining of one of fantasy's oldest monsters, brought to life as a highly detailed 1/12-scale collectible by Snail Shell. In classic RPG lore, Mimics ...
AOL

This woman fell for a deepfake of her doctor, and lost $300 in the process. Protect yourself from the growing epidemic of AI-generated medical scams

One of the biggest threats to Americans’ safety today is the rise of deepfakes, particularly those used to promote medical scams. According to Sumsub, a verification platform, AI-generated deepfakes ...
Nieman Journalism Lab

Some newsrooms take steps toward a different kind of hiring process

Would you send a job candidate their interview questions ahead of time? Or spend over an hour talking with an applicant, when the meeting was slated for just 30 minutes? Although the hiring process ...