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Young TIM: A wave-optics simulator with slightly special powers
Sean Leavey, Johannes Courtial
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.15359 https://

Young TIM: A wave-optics simulator with slightly special powers
Wave optics is a prominent part of the undergraduate physics curriculum, and many undergraduate labs contain experiments on wave optics. In our 3rd-year undergraduate lab, we run numerical simulations alongside the experiments (and when pandemic restrictions did not allow students into the lab, those simulations replaced some experiments). We use Young TIM, an interactive wave-optics simulator designed to be a research tool that can also be used for the dissemination of our research and for edu…

First, an ABC reporter was told that his coverage amounted to hate speech and that he should be prosecuted simply for doing his job. Then, the FCC threatened to go after this same network, seizing on a late-night comedian’s inopportune joke as a pretext to punish speech it disliked. That led to a shameful show of cowardly corporate capitulation by ABC that has put the foundation of the First Amendment in danger.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/sep/18/jimmy-kimmel-charlie-kirk-comments-show-cancelled-suspended-monologue-trump-us-politics-live?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Weezer, Massive Attack, Aurora, Stereo Lab y James entre los artistas confirmados para Fauna Primavera 2025
https://lahora.cl/entretencion/2025/06/26/un-cartel-de-lujo-fauna-primavera-2025-revela-su-esperado-line-up/

Todd Cochrane, a podcasting pioneer who started in October 2004 and founded podcast hosting company Blubrry, has died at age 61 (James Cridland/Podnews)
https://podnews.net/article/todd-cochrane-obituary

Obituary: Todd Cochrane
The life of Todd Cochrane, the CEO of Blubrry, who died on Sep 8, 2025.

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More than Carbon: Cradle-to-Grave environmental impacts of GenAI training on the Nvidia A100 GPU
Sophia Falk, David Ekchajzer, Thibault Pirson, Etienne Lees-Perasso, Augustin Wattiez, Lisa Biber-Freudenberger, Sasha Luccioni, Aimee van Wynsberghe
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.00093

More than Carbon: Cradle-to-Grave environmental impacts of GenAI training on the Nvidia A100 GPU
The rapid expansion of AI has intensified concerns about its environmental sustainability. Yet, current assessments predominantly focus on operational carbon emissions using secondary data or estimated values, overlooking environmental impacts in other life cycle stages. This study presents the first comprehensive multi-criteria life cycle assessment (LCA) of AI training, examining 16 environmental impact categories based on detailed primary data collection of the Nvidia A100 SXM 40GB GPU. The …

Today, my trusted wristwatch fell face down on a tiled floor. As a result, all twelve marker lines broke off and are now changing place with my every movement. At first, I was angry and sad. But then I noticed: What a perfect metaphor for life! How fragile life is. How sudden our illusion of safety can be broken. And also, how resilient life is. The watch is still working perfectly. Now, whenever I check the time, I am reminded to be grateful for being alive.

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Homeownership as Life Cycle Goldmine: Evidence from Macrohistory
Yang Bai, Shize Li, Jialu Shen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.17624 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507…

Homeownership as Life Cycle Goldmine: Evidence from Macrohistory
Should a household buy a home? Using data from 16 developed countries spanning 1870 to 2020, this study provides a resounding affirmative answer. Contrary to popular expert advice, homeownership enhances life cycle wealth by up to 9% and welfare by up to 23%, compared to all-equity investment strategy. Homeownership reduces wealth portfolio risk and improves wealth equality, though it comes at the cost of lower working-life wealth and curtailed financial asset holdings. Gains are heterogeneous:…

T2 Radiomic Features Are More Sensitive Than Mean T2 for Cartilage Load Response: A Stress MRI Study
Teresa Lemainque, Philipp Schad, Simon Westfechtel, Marc von der St\"uck, Robert Siepmann, Axel Honn\'e, Christiane Kuhl, Daniel Truhn, Sven Nebelung
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.15309

T2 Radiomic Features Are More Sensitive Than Mean T2 for Cartilage Load Response: A Stress MRI Study
Objective: To assess response-to-loading in a human cadaveric knee joint model under different loading conditions before and after meniscectomy Design: In this prospective study, stress magnetic resonance imaging was performed using an MR-compatible loading device and quantitative T2 mapping in unloaded (UL), 0$°$ neutrally loaded (LN) and 10$°$ varus loaded (LV) condition before and after meniscectomy. Mean T2 values and four radiomic texture parameters were assessed within the cartilage o…