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New UK system to protect satellites against attack shows how global conflict has spilled into outer space

New UK system to protect satellites against attack shows how global conflict has spilled into outer space

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The UK government has announced £65 million in funding for a new system called Borealis which is intended to help the UK military defend its satellites against threats. Borealis is a software system that collates and processes data to strengthen the UK military’s ability to monitor what’s going on in space. The government’s investment, announced on March 7, underlines the increasingly critical role played by space systems in the modern world. Space services play a key role in managing critical infrastructure such as the energy grid, transport systems and communications networks. For example, SpaceX’s Starlink system has been vitally important for communication on the battlefield during Ukraine’s war with Russia. It is just one example of the game changing potential of satellite based services. The investment in Borealis also shows that the UK government is taking the threat to space systems increasingly seriously. From as long ago as 2019, senior US officials have warned that space is no longer considered a “benign environment”. In 2021, a US general claimed that states were constantly conducting attacks …

Tesla Shows Off Cheaper and Slower Cybertruck That’s an Even Worse Deal

Tesla Shows Off Cheaper and Slower Cybertruck That’s an Even Worse Deal

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Nerfed. Bargain Basement Tesla has introduced a cheaper, entry-level Cybertruck — and by all accounts, it’s still not looking like a great deal. The new Long Range Rear Wheel Drive (RWD) was announced by the EV maker on CEO Elon Musk’s X-formerly-Twitter on Thursday evening. But at $69,990 — eye roll, please — before a $7,500 federal tax credit, it’s still a considerably expensive option compared to the steep competition in the space. That makes it $10,000 cheaper than the Long Range All Wheel Drive trim, but that “long range” in its name? Turns out it only ekes out an additional 25 miles of range as a result, from 350 to 325 miles. And that’s not to mention the truck’s rapid depreciation, making it a highly questionable investment. As Electrek reported earlier this week, the company is sitting on almost 2,400 unsold Cybertrucks, worth roughly $200 million, and is no longer accepting them as trade-ins. Oh, and did we mention the truck’s eight recalls? The Cybertruck has also quickly become a huge target of protestors furious with Musk’s embrace …

The Map of Mathematics: Animation Shows How All the Different Fields in Math Fit Together

The Map of Mathematics: Animation Shows How All the Different Fields in Math Fit Together

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Back in Decem­ber, you hope­ful­ly thor­ough­ly immersed your­self in The Map of Physics, an ani­mat­ed video–a visu­al aid for the mod­ern age–that mapped out the field of physics, explain­ing all the con­nec­tions between clas­si­cal physics, quan­tum physics, and rel­a­tiv­i­ty. You can’t do physics with­out math. Hence we now have The Map of Math­e­mat­ics. Cre­at­ed by physi­cist Dominic Wal­li­man, this video explains “how pure math­e­mat­ics and applied math­e­mat­ics relate to each oth­er and all of the sub-top­ics they are made from.” Watch the new video above. You can buy a poster of the map here. And you can down­load a ver­sion for edu­ca­tion­al use here. If you would like to sign up for Open Culture’s free email newslet­ter, please find it here. It’s a great way to see our new posts, all bun­dled in one email, each day. If you would like to sup­port the mis­sion of Open Cul­ture, con­sid­er mak­ing a dona­tion to our site. It’s hard to rely 100% on ads, and your con­tri­bu­tions will help us con­tin­ue pro­vid­ing the best free cul­tur­al and edu­ca­tion­al mate­ri­als to learn­ers every­where. You …

Cognitive deficits in depression often persist after SSRI treatment, research shows

Cognitive deficits in depression often persist after SSRI treatment, research shows

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A new study published in the Journal of Affective Disorders has found that adults with major depression show specific cognitive impairments. While many participants experienced mood improvements after taking antidepressants for eight weeks, their cognitive abilities did not improve to the same degree. These findings highlight an important gap in current depression treatment: antidepressants can help with emotional symptoms but may not fully address problems with memory, attention, and mental speed, at least after two months of treatment. Depression is not just about feeling sad. It often comes with difficulties in thinking clearly, remembering things, or staying focused. These mental challenges—sometimes described as “brain fog”—can interfere with daily functioning, even when mood symptoms begin to lift. Past studies have shown that people with depression tend to perform worse than others on tests of memory, attention, and mental flexibility. However, most of those studies included people who had other medical or psychiatric conditions, or who were already taking medications that could influence thinking. The current study aimed to isolate the effects of depression itself by focusing …

TV show’s portrayal of one boyhood may do more harm than good when used as a teaching tool

TV show’s portrayal of one boyhood may do more harm than good when used as a teaching tool

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Netflix television series Adolescence follows a 13-year-old boy accused of the murder of his female classmate. It touches upon incel online hate groups, toxic influencers and the misogynistic online spaces of the manosphere. Keir Starmer, the UK prime minister, has backed a move for Adolescence to be shown in schools, and Netflix has now made the series available to be shown for free in classrooms through charity Into Film+, which has also produced a guide for teachers. Resources for teachers and parents will also be produced by relationships charity Tender. Adolescence is a drama and deserves the praise it has attracted. But it wasn’t developed as an educational resource, the kind that is produced in consultation with young people and schools and should be underpinned by robust research and well planned evaluations. The series shows an extreme example of one teenager drawn into the world of the manosphere. Not all boys will see themselves reflected in this portrayal. And as a researcher working on masculinity and misogyny, my concern is that showing the series in …

The first trial of generative AI therapy shows it might help with depression

The first trial of generative AI therapy shows it might help with depression

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Many psychologists and psychiatrists have shared the vision, noting that fewer than half of people with a mental disorder receive therapy, and those who do might get only 45 minutes per week. Researchers have tried to build tech so that more people can access therapy, but they have been held back by two things.  One, a therapy bot that says the wrong thing could result in real harm. That’s why many researchers have built bots using explicit programming: The software pulls from a finite bank of approved responses (as was the case with Eliza, a mock-psychotherapist computer program built in the 1960s). But this makes them less engaging to chat with, and people lose interest. The second issue is that the hallmarks of good therapeutic relationships—shared goals and collaboration—are hard to replicate in software.  In 2019, as early large language models like OpenAI’s GPT were taking shape, the researchers at Dartmouth thought generative AI might help overcome these hurdles. They set about building an AI model trained to give evidence-based responses. They first tried building …

BAFTA TV Awards 2025: The full list of nominated stars and shows in the main categories | Ents & Arts News

BAFTA TV Awards 2025: The full list of nominated stars and shows in the main categories | Ents & Arts News

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More than 130 programmes have received nominations for this year’s BAFTA TV Awards. Baby Reindeer leads the nominations with eight, while Mr Bates vs The Post Office, Rivals and Slow Horses each have six. Scroll down for the full list of nominees for the main BAFTA TV Awards, which take place on Sunday 11 May. The BAFTA TV Craft Awards, which recognise technical work, take place separately on Sunday April 27. CHILDREN’S: NON-SCRIPTEDBooSnoo! Production Team – Visionality, Mackinnon & Saunders / Sky KidsDisability And Me (FYI Investigates) – Matt Peacock, Marshall Corwin – Fresh Start Media / Sky KidsOperation Ouch! Production Team – Maverick TV / CBBCReu & Harper’s Wonder World – Andy Mundy-Castle, Emine Yalchin – Doc Hearts / Channel 5 CHILDREN’S: SCRIPTEDCBeebies As You Like It At Shakespeare’s Globe – Production Team – BBC Studios Kids & Family / CBeebiesHorrible Histories – Production Team – Lion Television / CBBCReady Eddie Go! – James Murphy, Joseph Morpurgo, Justin Lowings – Hocus Pocus Studio / Sky KidsTweedy & Fluff – Corrinne Averiss, Chris Randall, Martin …

These Are 35 of the Best TV Shows on Netflix That Won’t Disappoint

These Are 35 of the Best TV Shows on Netflix That Won’t Disappoint

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Let’s be clear, the absurdist sketch comedy show I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson might not be for everyone, but for a certain subset of comedy fans, it’s a gem. The show features a who’s who of notable talent – stars from Saturday Night Live including Fred Armisen, Vanessa Bayer and Will Forte appear, along with Ayo Edebiri, Fred Willard, Sam Richardson, and more. The premises are usually bonkers, often humiliating situations and Robinson has perfected his cringey persona in each of them. If you’re a fan of Robinson’s humor, definitely try the other Netflix series he stars in alongside Richardson, Detroiters, after you’ve finished this. Source link

Our research shows the harm the two-child limit on benefits is doing. Only scrapping it can end this

Our research shows the harm the two-child limit on benefits is doing. Only scrapping it can end this

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Since the UK Labour government took office in summer 2024, calls have intensified to scrap both the “two-child limit” – which restricts support for children through universal credit to two children – and the overall benefit cap. With Chancellor Rachel Reeves resisting this pressure as she tries to manage deteriorating public finances, ways of tweaking the two-child limit policy have been proposed. But as researchers of child poverty, we have no doubt that the best place to start reducing the high and rising numbers of children growing up in poverty in Britain today is by fully abolishing the two-child limit and the benefit cap. We argue that both policies are astoundingly unfair. As our four-year research programme has documented, both are causing wide-ranging harm to children. They restrict children’s everyday experiences and damage their ability to thrive – which in the long run affects everyone in the UK. Children live in poverty because their families don’t have an adequate income. This is partly a simple question of maths: wages don’t adjust when there are more …

8 Under-the-Radar Shows to See During Hong Kong Art Week

8 Under-the-Radar Shows to See During Hong Kong Art Week

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Curator Aaditya Sathish recently recalled returning to Hong Kong from New York in 2020, at the height of the pandemic. It was, he said, a fascinating time. “From what I could understand, Hong Kong was very much a place to trade global contemporary art. But over the pandemic, there was a focus on the local. A lot of independent art spaces started to emerge, and I remember seeing everyone flock to these places,” he told ARTnews. “There was a desperate need to look at what was around us.” Indeed, Hong Kong’s art scene has been through a crash course in survival, shaped by a whirlwind of disruptions—from mass pro-democracy protests to the pandemic, and more recently, the imposition of the national security law. As arts journalist Enid Tsui notes in her newly published book, Art in Hong Kong: A City in Flux, defining “Hong Kong art” is no easy task. For years, Hong Kong artists have avoided grand ideological declarations, instead gravitating toward the everyday, the mundane, and the deeply personal. But the turbulence of …