Geologists have known for decades that gold forms in quartz with the help of earthquakes, but now they have worked out exactly how the setting and seismic waves combine to form large nuggets. When you ...

The Rembrandt Arsicle on the front page made me look at an awesome 700 gigapixel zoomable photo of Night Watch from Rijksmuseum: And zooming into the dark, faded parts made me think how great would it ...

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Seven Ways Seven Days Gets You Through the Week: Trustworthy local reporting. Piping‑hot food news. Thoughtful obituaries. Must‑do events. Stuck in Vermont videos. Eye‑opening personals. All the fun ...

Origami is a free toolkit for Quartz Composer that makes interactive design prototyping easy and doesn’t require programming. Origami for Quartz Composer is a free toolkit for Quartz Composer that ...

Good call. We definitely want to teach the machines love before they become self-aware. Photo: Mike Matas (via YouTube) We may be a small step closer to the robot wars thanks to former Apple designer ...

4 days Workshop in Quartz Composer, from basic to live visual interaction, in Italian and also English. Quartz Composer is a visual programming environment designed for creating interactive video and ...

Technology is easier than ever to use---tablets could come with stickers that say "suitable for ages 8 to 88," and that probably wouldn't be inclusive enough. Making stuff, however, remains daunting.

There are three types of people in the world: musicians, frustrated musicians and really boring people. Most of us here at Stuff fall into the middle category, obviously. We love listening to music, ...