Archie Sadza
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7 Things That Happened When I Got Up At 4 a.m. Every Day For a Week
Is the early hour a magical time for productivity—or just pure misery?<p>The <i>Wall Street Journal</i> calls 4 a.m. the most productive hour, citing powerhouses of industry who swear by getting up early to avoid distractions.<p>Hoping the same magic would rub off on me, I traded in my usual 6 a.m. rise time for …
Tim CookWatch St. Vincent play her favourite Nirvana, Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin riffs
She also performs guitar licks by The Breeders and Jethro Tull<p>St. Vincent has picked out the riffs that changed her life, playing acoustic versions …
GuitarEither This Data is Incorrect or These Physicists Just Changed the World
A paper posted to arXiv last month claims to have achieved superconductivity at room temperature, but other physicists say the data may be incorrect.<p>When it comes to applied quantum mechanics, there are two “holy grails” in the field.<p>One is building a large scale quantum computer and the other is …
Quantum PhysicsWhat nobody tells you about sex after prostate cancer
<i>When 60-year-old Elvin Box, a construction consultant from Essex, was told he had prostate cancer, he was also told about a life-changing side effect he’d never considered…</i><p>It was in February 2014 when some tests from my twice-yearly Bupa health check showed I had raised levels of PSA, which can be …
CancerElectric scooters are going worldwide
Despite regulatory hurdles on a city-by-city basis, electric scooter companies and their respective services are continuing to make their way to markets all over the world. Earlier this week, for example, Lime announced its entrance into Madrid, launching hundreds of electric scooters in the …
San FranciscoHow do the wealthy stay that way? They don’t invest like the rest
To the average investor, how rich people manage their portfolios is likely a mystery. Do they have access to secret tools and vehicles that the rest of us don’t? Can the average person benefit from using their techniques?<p>It is true that rich people use methods not always available to the rest of …
InvestingFirst drug to prevent chronic migraines approved by EU
The first ever drug specifically designed to prevent a migraine has been given the green light by European health officials.<p>Erenumab is now expected to be considered by English and Scottish health agencies to assess whether it is appropriate for NHS use.<p>But manufacturer Novartis said that patients …
Migraines9 questions about anal sex you've been too afraid to ask — answered
To anyone uninitiated, anal sex can be one of the most confusing sex acts out there.<p>But anal play is becoming less taboo across many demographics. Things like anilingus (oral action in and around the anus) to pegging (using a sex toy to penetrate someone's anus) have been represented on shows like …
Broad CityA few ways to cleverly assemble breakfast, lunch and dinner — no cooking required
You know the scene in “Toy Story” when Woody is oozing with bitterness over his growing insignificance and challenges Buzz Lightyear to prove that he’s not just a cheap plastic toy? “To infinity and beyond!” says Buzz, before (quite impressively) using the tools available to him — gravity and other …
Healthy EatingFictional Bands We Wish Were Real — Kerrang!
<b>WHO?</b> When not transforming into a werewolf<b>,</b> Sunnydale high schooler Oz (Seth Green, now best known as the voice of Chris on Family Guy) plays guitar …
South ParkHomeless man hands out resumes, gets hundreds of job offers
On Friday morning, homeless web developer David Casarez woke from his park bench in Mountain View, Calif., put on a nice shirt and tie, and carried …
EmploymentThe Peculiar Math That Could Underlie the Laws of Nature
In 2014, a graduate student at the University of Waterloo, Canada, named Cohl Furey rented a car and drove six hours south to Pennsylvania State …
MathematicsThis might be the most unique 'Bohemian Rhapsody' cover ever
<i>This is</i> One Good Thing<i>, a weekly column where we tell you about the only nice thing that happened on the</i> <i>internet</i> <i>this week.</i><p>A lot of great movies are …
Bohemian RhapsodyCRISPR Is More Damaging to DNA Than We Thought
Several studies have uncovered serious problems with the gene-editing tech, throwing its therapeutic potential in doubt.<p>CRISPR has been heralded as the next frontier in medicine and wellness. The gene-editing technology has the potential to end hereditary diseases like Huntington's, and has already …
Genetics'White people are so fragile, bless 'em' … meet Rhiannon Giddens, banjo warrior
‘We’re all racist to some degree,” says Rhiannon Giddens. “Just like we’re all privileged to some degree. I have privilege in my system because I’m light-skinned. I hear people say, ‘I didn’t have it easy growing up either.’ But when did it become a competition?”<p>As someone on a mission to bridge …
Folk FestivalHow to Lose Weight and Get Back in Shape
A personal trainer explains why you don’t need a detox, a fad diet, or a boutique workout to burn fat and build muscle.<p>Earlier this week, I was talking with one of my best friends. He’d recently started dating again after getting divorced from his wife of 11 years. And let’s just say that he wasn’t …
Body Fat$10 Dongle for charging an iPhone whilst listening to old style headphones
This $10 dongle is letting me charge my iPhone while also listening to music on wired headphones.<p>I have been carrying wired headphones ever since I …
HeadphonesThe Delicate Craftsmanship Of Cat Stevens
Yusuf Islam, the artist born Steven Georgiou and still better known to the world as <b>Cat Stevens</b>, was born in London on 21 July 1948. Our uDiscover …
Top 10The Peculiar Math That Could Underlie the Laws of Nature
New findings are fueling an old suspicion that fundamental particles and forces spring from strange eight-part numbers called “octonions.”
PhysicsDesigner babies on horizon as ethics council gives green light to genetically edited embryos
Designer babies are on the horizon after an influential group of scientists concluded that it could be ‘morally permissible’ to genetically engineer human embryos.<p>In a new report which opens the door to a change in the law, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, said that DNA editing could become an …
GeneticsThe entire GOP are traitors. It's that simple.
There are the eight Republicans who went to Moscow during the Fourth of July weekend, paying respects to their new bosses—Sens. Richard Shelby …
Rand PaulOur phones and gadgets are now endangering the planet | John Harris
It was just another moment in this long, increasingly strange summer. I was on a train home from Paddington station, and the carriage’s air-conditioning was just about fighting off the heat outside. Most people seemed to be staring at their phones – in many cases, they were trying to stream a World …
Gear & GadgetsCreating God
Let's take a moment to go back in time.<p>For most of human history, we lived in small groups of about 50 people. Everyone knew everybody. If you told a lie, stole someone's dinner, or failed to defend the group against its enemies, there was no way to disappear into the crowd. Everyone knew you, and …
Muslim WomenTwitter suspends two Moscow-linked accounts in wake of US indictments
<b>What just happened?</b> Hours after special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted 12 Russian military intelligence officers for hacking into the Democratic …
Lions fatally maul poachers who broke into reserve to hunt rhinos
At least three poachers who broke into a rhinoceros reserve met a gruesome fate when they were mauled to death by a pride of lions, according to a …
I tried this $300 'personal thermostat,' which can cool you off or warm you up to keep you comfortable at all times — here's what it was like to use
Working in an office these days is an exercise in personal temperature control.<p>One minute, you're sweating it out after your commute on public transit, or even just the walk into your office. The next minute, you're shivering in the arctic temperatures dictated by the thermostat.<p>That struggle is …
Scientists can 3D print human heart tissue now. The future is here
Long term, the goal of 3D bioprinting is to be able to 3D print fully functioning organs which can be used to replace the failing biological organs …
Best Sci-Fi Books of 2018 (So Far)
Reading escapist fiction has never been so sweet.<p>There's never been a better time to take some time off from reality and escape into some much-needed sci-fi. 2018 has been a great year for great reads, and luckily we still have 6 more months to go. Here are the 10 books that we've already loved …
Squish Is The Vibrator That Changed My Sex Life
I’ve never been big into vibrators. I’ve bought a few over the years, but they usually ended up dusty and disused in the bedside drawer once the …
Architect turns four shipping containers into an affordable and eco-friendly home
Architectural firm Matt Elkan Architect has unveiled a beautiful home on Australia’s south coast, with a unique twist: it’s made out of four shipping …