Jennifer Ouellette

The “not interested” feature is your friend, but users must intentionally and constantly curate their FYPs

13 pts TikTok's For You Page (FYP) is the default home screen for users of the video-sharing platform. It's a personalized, algorithmically driven content feed, but the approach differs from other social media in that TikTok's algorithm relies heavily on implicit signals—such as how long users watch particular…

You promised me that you would never take power in your name."

The Quest shipwreck is in worse shape than expected, but it has turned into a thriving marine ecosystem.

13 pts Back in 2024, we reported on the discovery of the Quest shipwreck, the polar exploration vessel that served Arctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton on his last voyage. Shackleton died before reaching their destination, and the ship sank in 1962. The Royal Canadian Geographic Society (RCGS) has now released the…

If we can't control the force of nature, at least we can control the narrative."

New study confirms 2024 “momentum flux theory” on how angular momentum of water flows drives rotation.

Watering your lawn in the summer can be both pragmatic and fun with so-called "silly sprinklers," designed to create amusing loops and spirals of water jets. And there's some fascinating physics at work to boot. Researchers at New York University's Courant Institute conducted a series of experiments with…

Conductive ink is painted directly onto the skin in colorful custom designs, drying into working electrodes.

9 pts Credit: Wanqing Zhang Credit: Wanqing Zhang Scientists at Pennsylvania State University have developed a novel conductive ink that can be painted directly onto the skin in colorful custom designs, turning into a functional electrode for biomonitoring after drying. They described their work in a new paper…