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S1Nvidia's billionaire founder: The No. 1 thing I believe today that my younger self wouldn't understand  These days, the billionaire Nvidia CEO and co-founder wishes he hadn't worried so much. "There's plenty of time. If you prioritize yourself properly and you make sure that you don't let [Microsoft] Outlook be the controller of your time, there's plenty of time," Huang told the "Acquired" podcast last year.
Huang's younger self would probably disagree with him, he added â but you should be able to do everything you want if you "prioritize your time really carefully." Be strategic about identifying and focusing on the most important things that need your attention at work and at home, Huang advised.
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S5S6Do you have an inner monologue? Here's what it reveals about you. - National Geographic (No paywall) While writing this, I caught myself talking to… myself. Between clicks on the keyboard, I realized I was having an internal conversation about an encounter I'd had the night before. Why, out of the blue, would I interrupt the work I was doing to chat with myself about something that seemed so inconsequential?
If you ask that question of experts in self-talk—colloquially, "talking to ourselves" or more formally the "inner monologue"—one clinical response might be that I wasn't avoiding the task at hand. Instead, and much more intriguingly, I was possibly experiencing a close encounter with the real "me" through a deeply personal internal dialogue.
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S7How do fireflies get their glow? We finally have some answers. - National Geographic (No paywall) Each summer, fireflies famously take to the evening skies in an otherworldly display of bioluminescence, emanating electric shades of green, yellow, orange, and even blue. More than 2,000 firefly species are known to science, each with its own unique pattern of light flashes and differently shaped light organs.
The first is how firefly larvae, or glowworms, rapidly develop their light organs into a completely different physical structure as adults. The other is how adults can control these organs—called lanterns—so precisely, for instance by blinking them on and off in Morse code-like patterns when an alluring mate is nearby. (Here's how bioluminescence works in nature.)
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S15Kafka 100: struggles of disabled characters in systems that don't support them feel just as relevant today Throughout his work, Franz Kafka depicts bodies disabled by the exhausting effects of the workplace. In Amerika (1911 to 1914), set in an era of early 20th-century free-market enterprise, Kafka portrays the gruelling consequences of overwork on desperate people.
Reminiscent of the menial graft in Victorian classic David Copperfield, in one scene an exhausted labourer is crushed by falling bricks in front of her child. Later, a disabled woman imprisoned in her bedroom must rely on her lodgers to care for her. With near-Dickensian irony, their board is paid not with money but by this inadequate round-the-clock care.
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S16Five controversial historical royal portraits - from drunken kings to sexy mermaids It’s been a strange year for representations of British royalty. In March, major photo agencies issued a rare “kill notice” on a photo of Catherine, Princess of Wales after evidence emerged that it had been tampered with. In May, Jonathan Yeo’s official portrait of King Charles sparked online discussion with its arresting red background. And now a portrait of Catherine commissioned by Tatler from Zambian-British artist Hannah Uzor is provoking yet more debate with its questionable degree of likeness.
In fact, British monarchs have grappled with issues of representation, accuracy and flattery in portraits since the Middle Ages, as the stories of these five monarchs show.
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S17Mexico's voters set to make history by electing the country's first woman president Tens of millions of Mexicans will go to the polls on June 2 to vote in the country’s largest election in history. The election will allow voters to decide more than 20,700 positions at the local and national levels.
This election has certainly been one of contrasts. It has become Mexico’s most violent election season on record, marred by the killing of dozens of candidates. But, at the same time, the country looks set to elect its first woman president.
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S18We asked ChatGPT for legal advice - here are five reasons why you shouldn't Francine Ryan is affiliated with Clinical Legal Education Organisation https://www.cleo-uk.org/ as a trustee.
At some point in your life, you are likely to need legal advice. A survey carried out in 2023 by the Law Society, the Legal Services Board and YouGov found that two-thirds of respondents had experienced a legal issue in the past four years. The most common problems were employment, finance, welfare and benefits and consumer issues.
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S19Does sleep clear more toxins from the brain than when we're awake? Latest research casts doubt on this theory There’s no doubt sleep is good for the brain. It allows different parts to regenerate and helps memories stabilise. When we don’t get enough sleep, this can increase stress levels and exacerbate mental health issues.
Evidence also supports the notion that the brain gets rid of more toxic waste when we’re asleep than when we’re awake. This process is believed to be crucial in getting rid of potentially harmful things such as amyloid, a protein whose build-up in the brain is linked to Alzheimer’s disease.
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S20Why, for some, psychotherapy might be a better treatment for depression than drugs During a psychotherapy session, one of my patients reported to me that the antidepressants he’d been prescribed by his GP had “killed his desire”. He felt “dead inside”, he told me. Unfortunately, this wasn’t an isolated case. I’ve heard similar descriptions of the effects of antidepressants from many patients. Many say they feel like “zombies”.
However, some patients report that these drugs are helpful – even essential – in the management of their mental health.
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S21S22Why the US oil majors may end up doing more for the green transition than their (slightly) more progressive European rivals The energy transition is not on track to mitigate the effects of climate change. Take the case of Shell, whose shareholders recently voted to decelerate the UK-based oil giant’s climate targets. Shell had planned to cut its “net carbon intensity” by 20% by 2030 and 45% by 2035, but now seeks a 15%-to-20% reduction by 2030 and no longer has a 2035 target.
Shell CEO Wael Sawan told shareholders this was motivated by “uncertainty around the pace of change in the transition”. BP is also scaling back its climate commitments, despite previously being one of the industry’s early movers in setting green priorities.
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S23Five of the biggest summer exhibitions around the UK - what you should see this week This article was first published in our email newsletter Something Good, which every fortnight brings you a summary of the best things to watch, visit and read, as recommended and analysed by academic experts. Click here to receive the newsletter direct to your inbox.
You might not know this, but the team at The Conversation is spread out across the UK and that includes the arts team. We curate your cultural content from Yorkshire, London and the rural environs of Glasgow.
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S24Yes, Donald Trump has a point about political prosecution The facts and the law behind New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s successful prosecution of Donald Trump could be argued at length. But as a government prosecutor for 30 years, I have been most interested in the ethics of prosecuting that case.
Outside the courthouse after the verdict, Trump said, “This was a disgrace.” That echoes comments made over the year since his indictment in the case in which Trump repeatedly claimed the prosecution was “political persecution.”
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S269 Years Later, the Most Inventive Soulslike Owes Its Success to Women You enter the ancient city of Yharnam suddenly. It’s an awakening, like the moment you feel consciousness hit you as a child. It’s the night of the hunt, when men and beasts roam the streets, out for each other’s blood. There’s power in that blood; it stems from the paleblood of the Great Ones, tentacled Lovecraftian beings that once lived in Yharnam and still haunt the world. The Great Ones all long for children of their own. Unfortunately, conceiving is hard for them, and when their children perish, they seek surrogates.
Nine years ago, FromSoftware’s PS4 exclusive Bloodborne was my entry into the studio’s dark and difficult fantasy worlds. The beast-filled streets of Yharnam gush with blood and Victorian London influences. As someone who grew up in the Big Smoke, I enjoyed all the jokes about how England is actually just like Yharnam — plagued by torch-wielding denizens who would stab you as soon as look at you. But it wasn’t until a recent playthrough that I realized my childhood was closer to Bloodborne than the jests suggested.
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S275 Years Later, an Iconic Stephen King Villain is About to Return Prequels are somehow more popular than ever. You can watch Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga in theaters now, and it arrived after The First Omen but before A Quiet Place: Day One and Mufasa: The Lion King. Streaming services are chock full of prequel series, too: just look at Andor, House of the Dragon, and Rings of Power. Now, an iconic horror movie is hopping on the bandwagon, bringing back a star actor and teasing more scares in a new TV origin story.
According to Deadline, the It prequel series Welcome to Derry will bring back Bill Skarsgård to reprise his creepy performance as Pennywise, quashing rumors the series would focus on a younger iteration of the being. Announced in 2022, Welcome to Derry (still just a working title) is part of Max’s TV offerings spun off from movies, like The Batman spinoff The Penguin and the upcoming Dune prequel Dune: Prophecy.
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S28'Furiosa's Scene-Stealing Warlord Reveals New Details About the Mad Max Prequel Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’s scene-stealing warlord Goran D. Kleut tells Inverse all about making the movie and the unspoken secrets about his instantly iconic character.
Outside the gates of Gastown, the fearsome Dementus turns to his horde of followers, singles one rider out among hundreds, and makes a fearsome demand to him. “I only answer to the Octoboss,” the man answers defiantly.
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S29How The Starliner Crew Have Kept Cool Heads In Quarantine Astronauts sure know how to thrive in a quarantine — and come out ready on the other side.
For a long 26 days, the Boeing Starliner flight, what would be the first dissimilar contingency spacecraft for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, has been put on pause. And while space fans attempted to prognosticate while they bit fingernails and engineers checked and rechecked helium and oxygen leaks, two crucial people waited a bit more intently then the rest. Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have been expectantly sitting in quarantine. But what, exactly, does that entail? As you might expect, a lot more than what we, one-time COVID quarantiners went through.
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S30PlayStation's Next 'Helldivers 2' Is Off To A Shaky Start Concord, PlayStation’s next big service game gamble, was finally shown to the public during Thursday’s State Of Play stream. Sadly, the five-on-five hero shooter hasn’t left a great impression on players, kicking off a precarious uphill battle well before its launch in August.
Developed by Firewalk Studios, Concord kicked off PlayStation’s middling showcase of what players can expect to play for the remainder of the year (and in 2025). While there were some compelling high points during the show, including Alien: Rogue Incursion and the charming family-friendly platforming game Astro Bot, the same could not be said of Concord.
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