- Europe has invested nearly a billion dollars in attracting top US scientific talent, including special additional funding for researchers to move their labs/research programs overseas.
- Individual European nations, such as France, have developed special programs to bring in displaced Americans.
- Japan has built a fund of ¥100 billion to attract researchers from abroad, with the Kavli Institute for Physics and Mathematics of the Universe offering additional special postdoctoral positions for displaced scientists.
- Other countries, such as Canada and Australia, are also working to attract displaced American scientists.
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USA brain drain coming soon
The United States will soon begin losing scientific expertise as talent leaves the country for safer venues to do research.
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The Way of Code by Rick Rubin
I’m not sure if this is sincere or satire: The Way of Code by Rick Rubin, inspired by Lao Tzu. It contains 81 koans about programming, each accompanied by a AI generated gif. The artwork above was created by vibe coding, generated based on the themes of each chapter. You can add prompts to change…
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The DC pizza tracker
Domino’s has their fancy pizza tracker, allowing you to see where your order is in the process. In Washington D.C., pizzeria’s can track national security when the Pentagon orders large quantities of pizzas, especially outside of regular times. On Saturday, June 21, at 7:13 p.m. EST – shortly before President Donald Trump announced via Truth…
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Clued in
On a recent Jeopardy episode, a contestant knew the answer by virtue of being a distant relative.
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This band doesn’t exist
Velvet Sundown, a band with 350,000 monthly listeners, most likely doesn’t exist–a growing phenomenon enabled by AI. Though they’re not yet dominating the charts, disturbingly realistic AI songs are slowly but surely creeping into our headphones – and you may even be listening to them without realizing what you’re hearing. Smuggled into popular playlists and…
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Breakfast in America covered by The Graystones
Originally performed by Supertramp, The Graystones–comprised of pre-teens–knock it out of the park.
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Standardize the grocery store
Hank Green harnesses righteous nerd fury and proposes standardizing grocery stores.
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AI and creativity
Two complementary articles about AI’s ability to create art that arrive at the same conclusion: it won’t be able to create new things from unexpected connections.
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5 conversation types
A handy guide breaks down five conversation types, their purpose, their approaches, how to interact.