Astronomers discover 3I/ATLAS – Third interstellar object to visit Solar System https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-07-03/3i-atlas-a11pl3z-interstellar-object-in-our-solar-system/105489180
www.abc.net.au
New interstellar 'comet' discovered speeding through our Solar System
Astronomers have discovered a new object that originated outside of our Solar System — only the third to be found.
Nano-engineered thermoelectrics enable scalable, compressor-free cooling https://www.jhuapl.edu/news/news-releases/250521-apl-thermoelectrics-enable-compressor-free-cooling
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Nano-engineered Thermoelectrics Enable Scalable, Compressor-Free Cooling | Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Researchers at Johns Hopkins APL, in collaboration with Samsung Research, have unveiled a breakthrough in solid-state cooling technology, doubling the efficiency of today’s commercial systems. Driven by the Lab’s patented nano-engineered thin-film thermoelectric…
Fei-Fei Li: Spatial intelligence is the next frontier in AI [video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PioN-CpOP0
YouTube
Fei-Fei Li: Spatial Intelligence is the Next Frontier in AI
A fireside with Dr. Fei-Fei Li on June 16, 2025 at AI Startup School in San Francisco.
Dr. Fei-Fei Li is often called the godmother of AI—and for good reason. Before the world had AI as we know it, she was helping build the foundation.
In this fireside…
Dr. Fei-Fei Li is often called the godmother of AI—and for good reason. Before the world had AI as we know it, she was helping build the foundation.
In this fireside…
Gmailtail – Command-line tool to monitor Gmail messages and output them as JSON https://github.com/c4pt0r/gmailtail
GitHub
GitHub - c4pt0r/gmailtail: tail -f your gmail
tail -f your gmail. Contribute to c4pt0r/gmailtail development by creating an account on GitHub.
Conversations with a hit man https://magazine.atavist.com/confessions-of-a-hit-man-larry-thompson-jim-leslie-george-dartois-louisiana-shreveport-cold-case/
The Atavist Magazine
Conversations with a Hit Man
A former FBI agent traveled to Louisiana to ask a hired killer about a murder that haunted him. Then Larry Thompson started talking about a different case altogether.
Alice's Adventures in a Differentiable Wonderland https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.17625
arXiv.org
Alice's Adventures in a Differentiable Wonderland -- Volume I,...
Neural networks surround us, in the form of large language models, speech transcription systems, molecular discovery algorithms, robotics, and much more. Stripped of anything else, neural networks...
Locality of Behaviour (2020) https://htmx.org/essays/locality-of-behaviour/
htmx.org
</> htmx ~ Locality of Behaviour (LoB)
Carson Gross explores the Locality of Behaviour (LoB) principle, which emphasizes making the behavior of code units obvious on inspection to enhance maintainability. He discusses the tradeoffs between LoB and other software design principles like DRY and…
Spending Too Much Money on a Coding Agent https://allenpike.com/2025/coding-agents
Allen Pike
Spending Too Much Money on a Coding Agent
On making use of large thinking models.
Show HN: HomeBrew HN – Generate personal context for content ranking https://www.hackernews.coffee/
www.hackernews.coffee
Homebrew HN
Brew your morning HN
Poor Man's Back End-as-a-Service (BaaS), Similar to Firebase/Supabase/Pocketbase https://github.com/zserge/pennybase
GitHub
GitHub - zserge/pennybase: Poor man's Backend-as-a-Service (BaaS), similar to Firebase/Supabase/Pocketbase
Poor man's Backend-as-a-Service (BaaS), similar to Firebase/Supabase/Pocketbase - zserge/pennybase
Opening up ‘Zero-Knowledge Proof’ technology https://blog.google/technology/safety-security/opening-up-zero-knowledge-proof-technology-to-promote-privacy-in-age-assurance/
Google
Opening up ‘Zero-Knowledge Proof’ technology to promote privacy in age assurance
Today, we open sourced our Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) libraries, fulfilling a promise and building on our partnership with Sparkasse to support EU age assurance.
AI for Scientific Search https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01903
arXiv.org
AI4Research: A Survey of Artificial Intelligence for Scientific Research
Recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), particularly in large language models (LLMs) such as OpenAI-o1 and DeepSeek-R1, have demonstrated remarkable capabilities in complex domains...