Lego released an 1,810-piece set of Hokusai's The Great Wave Off Kanagawa, which is currently sold out online. Lego also has an 85-minute audio piece about The Great Wave, including interviews with experts, which you can listen to while building the set.
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2025 Ig Nobel Winner - Phase behavior of Cacio e Pepe sauce
In this study, we systematically explore the phase behavior of Cacio e pepe sauce, focusing on its stability at increasing temperatures for various proportions of cheese, water, and starch. We identify starch concentration as the key factor influencing
Nine Things I Learned in Ninety Years by "Choose Your Own Adventure" creator, Edward Packard.
I had planned, as the heading of this section, to claim that I had learned to avoid self-deception, but after reading more about it, I decided that I had learned only to guard against self-deception.
Kevin A. Bryan's meta-analysis on seven books regarding economic impact of AI:
All I would like you to keep in mind is that the bold claims are taken seriously by enough people on the AI research and AI policy side that social scientists risk being left out of important conversations
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