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Tools of the Scribe: How Writing Systems, Technology, and Human Factors Interact to Affect the Act of Writing Brian Roark et al. Springer (2025)

The world’s oldest writing system still in use, that of Chinese characters, dates from about 1200

On 28 October 2025, United Nations secretary-general António Guterres acknowledged that the totemic goal of the Paris climate agreement is going to be missed: “The truth is that we have failed to avoid an overshooting above 1.5 °C in the…

At what point do “you” end and the outside world begins?

It might feel like a weird question with an obvious answer, but your brain has to work surprisingly hard to judge that boundary. Now, scientists have linked a specific set of brain waves…

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• The human eye does not actually see purple, as purple is not a color on the visual spectrum.

• Purple…

Low Earth Orbit is entering a fragile phase as new research published on arXiv warns that the near-Earth space environment could deteriorate far faster than previously assumed. The study suggests that under certain conditions, orbital…