Controversial quarry proposal gets green light from Lane County
A Florida Keys based fishing guide was out in the Gulf of Mexico with clients on Jan. 19 when they found a pile of around 150 vultures stranded in the Gulf. The guide thinks the vultures must have ...
An Artist Expands the Landscape of Sound
In a major show at the Whitney, Christine Sun Kim shines light on Deaf culture and measures sonic experience beyond the ear.
I Spent 32 Years Believing I Was Male. Then A Shocking Phone Call Exploded Everything I Knew.
“During male spermatogenesis, X and Y chromosomes perform their typical recombination in the pseudoautosomal regions,” she ...
‘The Road Ahead’ at 30: What Bill Gates’ classic book about the future says about the world today
GeekWire revisited Bill Gates’ classic book, The Road Ahead, and found parallels to the AI revolution that the world is ...
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Time to talk: ‘We are not alone’
One veteran's struggle to bring transparency to secretive UFO programs are part of the bipartisan political tide reaching ...
An aviation medical examiner and his role in whether a pilot can take flight
But pilots have to pass regular fitness tests to even fly and the people performing those are called aviation medical examiners (AME). There are thousands of them across the country who are designated ...
The Exhilarating Anger of Christine Sun Kim
Her new show at the Whitney reveals that language is a social currency that constantly places the deaf at a disadvantage.
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kottke.org posts about maps
Hearing that flood story clinched it for me — the Old Testament ... we can see how they created the conditions of empire today. This makes more sense now. You can have a golf course in an area where ...
Surfer’s ear: the condition that might leave wild swimmers and surfers with hearing loss
Surfer’s ear appears to be a long-term complication, and is more likely to develop from regular exposure, not just an ...
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US FDA approves first-ever smart glasses with hearing aid for mild to moderate loss
Our goal was not just to combine existing medical devices but to innovate in the smart glasses category, enhancing two ...
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You can train your nose – and 4 other surprising facts about your sense of smell
A 2022 US study compared smell to other senses (sight and hearing) and personally prized commodities (including money, a pet or hair) to see what people valued more. The researchers found smell ...