Earth carries an invisible ocean “water level” called the geoid. If only gravity and rotation shaped the oceans, the surface would match that geoid everywhere. However, south of India, the geoid sinks sharply.
At the center of this sunken…
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Poll results: thank you for your suggestions on improving the Phone Finder’s search for foldables
Last week we asked you for your thoughts on how we should reconfigure our Phone Finder tool to make it easier to find foldable phones with the right dimensions. Here’s how the voting went.
The majority of people prefer that only folded…
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What the teams said – Sprint day and Qualifying at the 2025 United States Grand Prix
Mercedes
Russell ran wide on the outside of Turn 1 and managed to avoid the melee that way, which helped his rise to second on the first lap. After the initial Safety Car came in, he managed to stick within DRS range of Verstappen and made one…
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I regret not moving my entire Obsidian knowledge vault to NotebookLM with plugins sooner
For a long time, my Obsidian vault has been my entire digital life. I have been using it as my primary journaling app and my digital brain. It holds hundreds of articles, research notes, and drafts. It has boosted my productivity in many ways,…
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The Best Dressed Stars at the 2025 Academy Museum Gala
This evening, the 2025 Academy Museum Gala is underway in Los Angeles. Every year, the star-studded event raises funds for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, to help support its various exhibitions, education initiatives, and public…
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Second and third row tomorrow and nine points today
Sprint Race
• Scuderia Ferrari HP drivers Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc finished the Sprint Race in fourth and fifth places respectively.
• After the start, there was a multiple collision at the first corner that took out…
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A salute to serious literature | Literati
ceptics assume that the Swedish Academy relies on confidentiality to bolster its reputation. Fuelled by the spirit of secrecy, the Nobel Committee’s decisions are seldom the subject of transparent discussions and…
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Turn 1 drama, Ferrari in the hunt and McLaren facing the unknown
From Max Verstappen taking further points out of the McLarens to a first corner that seems to attract drama, and from Ferrari in the fight to repeat last year’s victory to track limit violations that can impact the final result, here are five…
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Max Verstappen seals pole position ahead of Lando Norris and Charles Leclerc in Austin Qualifying
Max Verstappen has seized pole position for the United States Grand Prix, the Dutchman’s initial lap in Q3 proving enough to secure him the top spot after running out of time to put in a second effort.
Having set the pace through Q1 and Q2,…
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