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A 2018 video profiles a brotherhood in the French Pyrenees that has preserved for centuries the tradition of cooking a sweet cake on a spit. It explores the community and culinary custom behind this long-running local practice.

The article recounts how Australia achieved the once-unthinkable feat of playing music on a computer, long before digital audio became routine. It highlights the technical difficulty and imaginative leap behind the milestone, which helped pave the way for today’s on-demand computer music.

The piece examines how tree architecture theory has evolved beyond Leonardo da Vinci’s influential branching model, tracing shifting scientific understanding of how trees organize branches and trunks. It highlights the ongoing refinement of models that explain tree form and growth.

In Cormac McCarthy’s essay “The Kekulé Problem,” he asks where language came from and argues that it likely arose from the unconscious mind rather than conscious invention, using Kekulé’s dream of the benzene ring as an analogy. McCarthy suggests language is a problem solved beneath conscious awareness, leaving its ultimate origins mysterious.

Nvidia and its NVentures arm participated in 79 of 903 venture rounds worth $100M or more between October 2025 and September 2026, about one in 11 such deals. That put Nvidia ahead of Sequoia (75) and Andreessen Horowitz (73), while 38% of the large rounds included a corporate investor.

TACO is an open-source tensor algebra compiler that generates efficient code for dense and sparse tensor computations across a variety of storage formats. The project’s website serves as a hub for documentation, source code, and resources for using the compiler.

Ur-Nammu, who ruled circa 2112–2094 BCE, founded Sumer’s Third Dynasty of Ur and launched the Ur III period. His reign helped initiate the so-called Sumerian Renaissance, a era of renewed cultural and political activity in ancient Mesopotamia.