My friend, tutor and mentor, Colin Williams, who has died aged 75, was an academic with a special focus on how politics and policies can shape the future of the world’s languages.As a Welshman he had a particular interest in the Welsh language, but his comparative work also took him well beyond his
Libraries draw millions of kids each summer, but funding varies dramatically across California
As children spend time in libraries this summer, newly released California State Library data shows that San Francisco Public Library received nearly 17 times as much funding per resident in 2024-25 as Kern County Library — a system serving a slightly larger population and more than twice as many ch
Opinion: How a California District Is Transforming Education in a Rapidly Changing World
Public education, in red and blue states alike, is being pulled apart by student disengagement, mental health needs, culture war battles, voucher expansion, budget uncertainty and the disruptive force of artificial intelligence.新数据再次引发人们对标准化考试成绩及其长达十年的下降的担忧。与此同时，寻求公共教育更多选择的共和党人 [...]
The Education Exchange: Higher Ed Has Withstood Past Innovative Shocks. AI Is Hitting Different.
Paul E. Peterson 采访胡佛研究所的胡佛研究员 Jacob D. Light 帖子《教育交流：高等教育经受住了过去的创新冲击》。人工智能正在发挥不同的作用。首先出现在 Education Next 上。
Description of a new species of the orb-weaver spider genus Zangaraneus Mi, Wang & Feng, 2026 (Araneae, Araneidae) from ChinaAbstractBackgroundThe orb-weaver spider genus Zangaraneus Mi, Wang & Feng, 2026 contains four species known only from Xizang, China. In our recent study, the fifth species has
日本跳妖蜘蛛属 Orchestina Simon, 1882 (Araneae: Oonopidae) 的分类学修订，并描述了两个新种摘要日本的妖精蜘蛛属 Orchestina Simon, 1882 (Araneae: Oonopidae) 已修订，确认了 9 个物种，包括两个新物种和日本新记录的 4 个物种：O. okitsui Oi, 1958 (♂♀), O. flava Ono, 2005 (♂♀), O. sanguinea Oi, 1955 (♀), O. saaristoi Henrard & Jocqué, 2012 (♂♀, 新记录), O. saltitans Banks
Popular Weight-Loss Drugs Like Ozempic Linked to Lower Breast Cancer Risk
一项对 110,000 多名女性进行的研究表明，Ozempic 和类似的减肥药物可显着降低 30% 的乳腺癌风险。 Popular weight-loss and diabetes medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound may offer an unexpected benefit beyond helping people lose weight.一项大型新研究发现，服用这些药物的女性 [...]
Reusable Satellites May Be Next Big Space Breakthrough
Tereza Pultarova，Scluster 科罗拉多州初创公司 Lux Aeterna 计划于 2027 年发射一颗卫星，以测试如何将用过的航天器带回来进行翻新。该公司相信...
Microlight Aircraft of New Zealand - Aerial Sprayers
在第一批微型轻型飞机引入新西兰后不久，农民就发现它们可以在农场中使用。如果您正在进行空中作业，例如仅在自己的农场上喷洒，似乎没有什么可以阻止您。当时交通运输部民航司不允许其商业用途，并宣布超轻型飞机只是“娱乐/娱乐机器”。然而，这并没有阻止一些早期的微型打火机在自己的农场进行喷洒：莫林斯维尔附近苏格兰山谷的肯霍尔特用他的 Kasperwing 微型打火机为他的农场喷洒农药。喷雾设备是四个微米 X15 喷头，从飞行员两侧的喷雾罐供给。我不知道他喷的目的是什么。 Kasperwing 可以喷洒 100 英亩的土地，只需两加仑半的两冲程燃油，当时的价格约为 6,000 美元。 （Paul Legg
The Best Argument for the “State of Scholarship” Report Is Its Critics
当范德比尔特大学和圣路易斯华盛顿大学的校长委托一个由纽约大学哲学家保罗·博格西安 (Paul Boghossian) 担任主席的委员会来评估人文和社会科学学术状况时，他们邀请了一种特殊的答复。 《“学术状况”报告的最佳论据是它的批评者》一文首先出现在美国企业研究所 - AEI 上。
海莉·斯坦菲尔德 (Hailee Steinfeld) 的每日名言：女演员海莉·斯坦菲尔德 (Hailee Steinfeld) 分享了有关永恒文学人物朱丽叶 (Juliet) 的名言。她建议每个女孩都梦想经历像朱丽叶那样的盛大浪漫。这突显了经典故事如何继续激发爱的梦想和代际之间的深厚联系。
Hopeful Endings: The Giver’s Last Lesson
Great teachers, like Anne Sullivan, embrace optimism and strive to nurture it in their students. Born just after the Civil War, a childhood disease left Anne partially blind. Overcoming that obstacle, she graduated from college and entered Helen Keller’s life as her teacher. Helen came to adopt Anne
United Kingdom to ban social media for kids under 16
Children under the age of 16 will be barred from using a range of popular social media platforms under plans announced Monday by the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who paired the headline ban with a second tier of restrictions that will strip high-risk features from the accounts of ol
Honoring a Father’s Legacy Through Blood Donation
For the De La Torre family, donating blood is more than just giving back. It’s a way to honor the memory of a beloved father, grandfather, and man who always put others first. Described by his family as hardworking, faithful, patient, and deeply devoted to those he loved, Jesus De La Torre was the h
India’s Record Crops Reject Food, Warming Alarmism
Ours is an agricultural golden age.空气中富含赋予植物生命的化合物。与几个世纪以来相比，现在的天气更有利于粮食种植。捏造的气候工业综合体的世界末日场景是荒谬的。印度创纪录的作物拒绝粮食，变暖的危言耸听首先出现在瓦茨Up With That?。
Far Eastern Travel from the UK Grows Rapidly
来自英国民航局 (CAA) 的数据显示，伦敦希思罗机场 (LHR) 和吉隆坡国际机场 (KUL) 之间的航线增长速度超过英国任何其他主要航线。伦敦盖特威克机场 (LGW) 和上海浦东国际机场 (PVG) 之间的航线名列第二，显示出广泛的增长。来自英国的远东旅行迅速增长，首先出现在《旅行雷达 - 航空新闻》上。
This Week in AI: The Next-Gen Recommendation Experience
本周，前微软首席研究员 Miguel Fierro 最近创立了自己的公司 RecoMind，与数据和人工智能传播者 Christina Stathopoulos 一起讨论了推荐系统的现状。 Christina 还浏览了她一直在观看的最新人工智能新闻，从 Anthropic 的持续崛起到负责任的人工智能、谷歌 I/O 2026 大会的公告，[...]
After a month with a foldable phone, I can't justify buying an 'Ultra' model anymore
摩托罗拉的 Razr+ 并不是其系列中尴尬的中间孩子；它是一款出色的产品。它可以说提供了功能、性能和价值的最佳平衡。
