• Trump annoyed the Smithsonian isnt promoting discredited racial ideas
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    Grievance central Trump annoyed the Smithsonian isnt promoting discredited racial ideas New executive order slams museum for recognizing "race is not a biological reality." John Timmer Mar 28, 2025 11:53 am | 46 The exterior of the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum. Credit: Douglas Rissing The exterior of the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum. Credit: Douglas Rissing Story textSizeSmallStandardLargeWidth *StandardWideLinksStandardOrange* Subscribers only Learn moreOn Thursday, the Trump administration issued an executive order that took aim at one of the US's foremost cultural and scientific institutions: the Smithsonian. Upset by exhibits that reference the role of racism, sexism, and more in the nation's complicated past, the order tasks the vice president and a former insurance lawyer (?) with ensuring that the Smithsonian Institution is a "symbol of inspiration and American greatness"a command that specifically includes the National Zoo.But in the process of airing the administration's grievances, the document specifically calls out a Smithsonian display for accurately describing our current scientific understanding of race. That raises the prospect that the vice president will ultimately demand that the Smithsonian display scientifically inaccurate information.Grievance vs. scienceThe executive order, entitled "Restoring Truth And Sanity To American History," is filled with what has become a standard grievance: the accusation that, by recognizing the many cases where the US has not lived up to its founding ideals, institutions are attempting to "rewrite our nation's history." It specifically calls out discussions of historic racism, sexism, and oppression as undercutting the US's "unparalleled legacy of advancing liberty, individual rights, and human happiness."Even if you move past the obvious tension between a legacy of advancing liberty and the perpetuation of slavery in the US's founding documents, there are other ironies here. For example, the order slams the Department of the Interior's role in implementing changes that "inappropriately minimize the value of certain historical events or figures" at the same time that the administration's policies have led to the removal of references to transgender individuals and minorities and women.But buried within the list of issues is a reference to a display at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The display, the executive order complains, "claims that 'sculpture has been a powerful tool in promoting scientific racism' and promotes the view that race is not a biological reality but a social construct." That wording is denounced as an example of "divisive, race-centered ideology." But the Smithsonian's text is entirely accurate.In 2023, the National Academies of Science issued a report intended to get the scientific community to recognize cases where it was using unscientific thinking about race. And the report's language couldn't be more clear about rejecting the complaint found in the executive order:In humans, race is a socially constructed designation, a misleading and harmful surrogate for population genetic differences, and has a long history of being incorrectly identified as the major genetic reason for phenotypic differences between groups.So, indeed, race is not a biological reality but rather a social construct. The Smithsonian had it exactly right. And now, the administration wants it changed.Obviously, changing some text on a single sculpture exhibit won't precipitate a major crisis. But the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History includes an extensive anthropology collection and supports research programs. So there's potential for the vice president to inject discredited, eugenics-adjacent ideas into the Smithsonian's research programs if he follows through on the language of this executive order.John TimmerSenior Science EditorJohn TimmerSenior Science Editor John is Ars Technica's science editor. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of California, Berkeley. When physically separated from his keyboard, he tends to seek out a bicycle, or a scenic location for communing with his hiking boots. 46 Comments
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  • Asteroid 2024 YR4 could still hit the moon, JWST observations reveal
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    There is a small chance of asteroid 2024 YR4 striking the moonESA/NASAFor a brief period earlier this year, the worlds space agencies were warning that the sizeable asteroid 2024 YR4 had an uncomfortably high 3.1 per cent chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Thankfully, more detailed observations have now dropped those odds to near zero, but fresh analysis using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) shows there is still a chance it will impact our moon something that astronomers are excited to see.In February, when concerns of an impact with out planet were still high,Andrew Rivkin
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  • The anus may have evolved from a hole originally used to release sperm
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    The evolution of the anus may have driven the body plan of all advanced animals, including humansMattLphotography / AlamyThe anus is a wildly successful innovation, but how did it evolve? A genetic analysis suggests it probably began as an opening used to release sperm that later fused with the gut an example of evolution repurposing structures.Once a hole is there, you can use it for other things, says Andreas Hejnol at the University of Bergen in Norway.It is thought that early animals evolved
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  • A Big Law firm hired a conservative legal superstar to fight back against Trump's executive order in court
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    Paul Clement is representing Wilmer Hale against Trump's war on Big Law. Reuters/Jason Reed 2025-03-28T16:32:31Z SaveSaved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.Have an account? Trump has been targeting law firms that hired alumni of Robert Mueller's team that investigated him.The president claims firms are clamoring to cut deals like one reached by Paul Weiss. Two just sued.Jenner hired a more liberal firm, Cooley, and WilmerHale hired conservative superstar Paul Clement.Two law firms targeted by President Donald Trump launched legal counterattacks against the White House on Friday over executive orders designed to make their work harder with one hiring a top conservative attorney to plead their case.In February, Trump started issuing executive orders against law firms he claimed engaged in illegal discrimination and had wronged him. The orders limit security clearances to the firms' lawyers and require federal contractors to disclose whether they use the law firms. The White House has said that it will fire contractors who employ law firms that are subject to the orders.WilmerHale, which employed Robert Mueller and other lawyers on the Justice Department team that investigated Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and its ties to Russia, was named in an order Thursday night. By Friday morning, it had sued, saying Trump's attack was "unprecedented and unconstitutional."Jenner & Block, which was named in an executive order earlier this week, also filed suit Friday morning. The firm protested that the entire order seems to be based on the notion that Mueller lieutenant Andrew Weissmann still works at Jenner when he left four years ago."The order has had, and will continue to have, a chilling effect on whether and how Jenner & Block will litigate on behalf of certain clients, and is having a chilling effect on attorneys and other persons considering employment with the firm," Jenner said in its lawsuit.The two firms' lawsuits come a week after Paul Weiss, a New York-based firm known for its progressive bona fides, reached a deal with the White House where it offered to devote $40 million in attorney time to pro bono work that aligns with the president's causes, like supporting veterans and fighting antisemitism. The firm was criticized by some lawyers, but its chairman, Brad Karp, has said the deal was necessary to avert a crisis in confidence that could lead partners and clients to leave and the firm to collapse.Trump said Wednesday that colleges and "horrible" law firms are eager to cut deals after he threatened to withhold funding or target them in follow-up executive orders. The New York Times reported on Thursday that Skadden, one of the best-known corporate law firms whose equity partners take home over $5 million a year on average, is also looking for ways to avoid the president's wrath."They're saying, 'where do I sign, where do I sign," the president said of law firms. "Nobody can believe it. And there's more coming."Other firms have braced themselves for the possibility that they will be named in an executive order. A lawyer at a top 20 firm previously told Business Insider that their firm had prepared documents to file if Trump turned on them.Jenner and WilmerHale's lawsuits said Trump violated the constitution in multiple ways, retaliating against them for their speech, views, and associations in violation of the First Amendment and the due-process protections of the Fifth and Sixth Amendments. Jenner said that some 40% of its business came from government contractors, who were plainly meant to be pressured into dumping Jenner.But the firms are also represented by two very different groups of lawyers. Jenner is represented by a team at Cooley, a law firm known for its representation of clients in the technology industry. Cooley has hired lawyers from Democratic administrations and hired Andrew Goldstein, another attorney on Mueller's team. Bloomberg Law reported that Cooley is among several Big Law firms that have edited certain attorney bios to de-emphasize connections to Trump's enemies.WilmerHale is known for its connections with Democratic administrations and its affiliations with some of Trump's enemies. But the firm hired Paul Clement, a legal superstar who was the government's top appeals lawyer during the George W. Bush administration, to defend it from Trump's attacks. His firm, Clement & Murphy, is stocked with lawyers who have argued before the Supreme Court. Clement didn't immediately return a request for comment from Business Insider."It is plain as day that President Trump issued the Order to retaliate against WilmerHale," the firm's lawsuit said. "Unlike a typical case where discovery is needed to root out a forbidden retaliatory motive, the Order openly proclaims its retaliatory intent."Recommended video
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  • Elon Musk says he's hitting the campaign trail in Wisconsin, will personally hand out $1 million checks
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    Elon Musk, seen here on the campaign trail ahead of the 2024 presidential election, is returning to the stump. AP Photo/Matt Rourke 2025-03-28T16:27:37Z SaveSaved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.Have an account? Elon Musk says he's going to Wisconsin.He is pulling out his 2024 playbook to try to swing a closely-watched state Supreme Court election.The world's richest man will also give away two $1 million checks to voters.Elon Musk is pulling out all the stops ahead of a closely watched Wisconsin state Supreme Court election.In his biggest post-2024 bet so far, Musk said on X that he will campaign in the state ahead of Tuesday's election. He also said that he will be personally handing out a pair of $1 million checks, reprising a controversial tactic his political organization deployed ahead of the 2024 presidential race."On Sunday night, I will give a talk in Wisconsin," Musk wrote on X early Friday morning. "Entrance is limited to those who have voted in the Supreme Court election. I will also personally hand over two checks for a million dollars each in appreciation for you taking the time to vote. This is super important."Later Friday morning, Musk deleted his post on X. It's unclear if the event will go on.Wisconsin law prohibits offering "anything of value" to someone in exchange for their vote. Noted election law expert Rick Hasen has said that Musk's offer runs afoul of this.Musk and America PAC have spent over $12 million on the race to decide the outcome of the state's highest court through 2028.The Wisconsin Supreme Court, though officially nonpartisan, currently has a 4-3 liberal majority. Republicans are particularly worried about the possibility that the state's congressional districts could be redrawn, cutting into their 6-2 advantage. The GOP holds a narrow majority in the US House of Representatives, meaning they need as much favorable territory as possible for the 2026 midterms."It could cause the House to switch to Democrat if that redrawing takes place," Musk said during a recent X space with Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, expressing why he was so keyed into the race.If Democrats' favored candidate, Dane County Judge Susan Crawford, wins, liberals will hang onto their advantage through at least 2028. If Republicans' preferred choice, Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel, wins, then conservatives will have a better chance given that the swing vote, Justice Brian Hagedorn, leans right. Justices serve 10-year terms, which based on the progression of retirements means liberals could retake the majority as soon as next year.Recommended video
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  • Atomfall review everybodys gone to the reactor
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    What if the Chornobyl disaster happened in the UK? is the question Atomfall asks. The answer, according to developer Rebellion, is that it would be considerably more picturesque and feature loads of pasties. Aping the nuclear catastrophe fiction of series such as Fallout and Stalker, Atomfall offers a mildly diverting scientific whodunit. But it struggles to muster the same clear identity of the games that inspired it.Using the 1957 Windscale fire as its launchpad, Atomfall thrusts you into a postwar Britain where that accident was dramatically worse, prompting the government to send in the army before walling off a large portion of the Lake District, sealing everybody inside. Your character, an archetypal video game amnesiac, awakes inside the exclusion zone several years later. To escape, they must unravel the mystery behind what caused the disaster, who is responsible and how to fix it.This mystery, and how it unfolds, are by far the most interesting parts of Atomfall. The story reframes conventional quests as leads, where points of interest are revealed by collecting documents such as letters and military reports, and speaking to the surviving locals in the zone. At the heart of the enigma is a vast underground research facility, which you must reactivate by unlocking its entrances and locating atomic batteries to power its various sectors, ultimately unlocking the heart of Windscale and the dark secret kept inside.Wicker Man-esque Atomfall. Photograph: RebellionIts a tale that offers plenty of intrigue. The characters that assist you on your journey, including soldiers, scientists and a publican, have their own motivations for doing so, which youll only uncover by cross-referencing them with other players in Atomfalls unspoken game of zones. These will often relate to diversions youll find along the way, such as infiltrating a castle occupied by Wicker Man-style druids to retrieve a special medicine and solving a quintessentially British murder in a church.Unpicking these threads is fun, and the tale benefits from a tighter focus and better pacing than most open-world adventures. Unfortunately, the accompanying game mechanics feel as if they turn up more from obligation than enthusiasm. Combat lets you choose between guns that are serviceable but unremarkable, and melee fighting that will make you appreciate every rusty firearm you collect. There is a rudimentary crafting system youll mostly use to make bandages and the occasional molotov cocktail. A stealth system exists in theory, but perhaps fittingly I never saw it function in any meaningful fashion. Enemies can spot you from half the map away and seem telepathically connected to nearby allies, which makes sneaking around awkward and unrewarding.It probably doesnt help that its always a bright sunny day in Atomfalls exclusion zone, which would be unusual for any part of the UK, let alone the Lake District. On the whole, it could make better use of its Cumbrian setting. Although Atomfalls four maps are lavish and fun to explore, including craggy valleys filled with shells of dry-stone buildings, and the most meticulously recreated English village since Everybodys Gone to the Rapture, the world is not especially atmospheric.Moreover, the enemy factions, druids and crazed marauders clad in cricket gear, feel like vague attempts to anglicise the kooky gangs of Fallout. Where are the feral ramblers, the roving bands of literati fighting over whether Wordsworth or Coleridge was the better poet? Why are pasties so abundant, while Kendal mint cake and Grasmere gingerbread are absent? This may seem flippant, but given we have recently seen such a brilliant lampoon of northern life in Thank Goodness Youre Here!, Atomfalls own depiction of the north, and indeed Britain in general, feels superficial and haphazard, a jumbled assemblage of cultural touchstones.To use another example, one of Atomfalls key inspirations is Stalker, a series whose strength lies in how it is so specifically, uncompromisingly Ukrainian. Stalker and its sequels are completely unafraid to be weird, bold, challenging and bleak, to wholly envelop the player in its nations radioactive trauma. The UK simply doesnt share that trauma in the same way, so Rebellions what if scenario can only ever be a shadow of Chornobyl.
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  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was the hardest game I ever played so why am I back? | Dominik Diamond
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    I do not replay games. Dont see the point. I dont reread books either, and I rarely rewatch movies or TV shows. Theres too much new, bigger and better stuff coming out every day, and too little time to consume it. However, I made an exception with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Because the original was so special.It came along towards the end of my ZX Spectrum playing days. I was at university and was previously only interested in a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle if it came in a tall glass and was at happy hour prices in the Mandela Bar. But the game hooked me one summer back home and became the hardest video game that I ever completed. And thats what worried me when I started the rerelease on the PS4 that comes as part of the TMNT Cowabunga Collection. (Playstation Plus Essentials March)It was the first time Id thrown a controller at a wall since I stopped playing FifaI worried that my gaming brain had got lazy playing modern games, where you are spoiled by power-ups vomiting up all over the place and collision detection so forgiving it could be a priest, and as a result that this golden gaming memory would be tarnished.I was right!The collision detection is at Manic Miner/Mega Man levels of unforgiving, but through trial and error I rediscovered things that make the game easier. The level structures are soft so you can kill an enemy from above or below platforms and even through walls, which brings into play the Turtles different weapon ranges. I remember also that you can hot swap the Turtles. This means using Donatello with his long pole for everything, switching to Michelangelo with his nunchucks then Leonardo with his swords when Donatellos energy gets low and finally using Raphael with his puny twin sai as a last resort. Sai are tiny metal daggers that resemble whatever cutlery it was that Elon Musk balanced on his fingers at Mar-a-Lago. Only more useless. To kill an enemy with Raphael in this game you have to get close enough to smell what toppings they had on their pizza.Indecipherable Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection. Photograph: KonamiI hate-played this for two hours, death after death it was the first time Id thrown a controller at a wall since I stopped playing Fifa.Night one ends, as it did for so many of us back in the day, with that bloody underwater level where you have to defuse bombs under a dam within a time limit so unforgiving it reminds me of A-level exams. You cannot get through that level without hitting multiple radioactive weeds. I cant believe I completed it back in the day, and worry it may have been one of those 90s things I imagined, like that time I said hi to Sarah Michelle Gellar at Comic-Con and was sure she smiled back at me.Horrible clunky gameplay like this serves no purpose in 2025.Or does it?I persevered on day two. I remembered the way to get through that damned dam level is to crash through every enemy and hot swap the turtles when the energy gets low. (And by remembered I mean searched Reddit.)Most importantly I discovered that there is a flipping rewind button in this rerelease! You can go back 30 seconds every time you fail a pixel perfect jump! I wish I read gaming manuals, but I am a man in his 50s. I no more read instructions than I ask for directions when I am lost.skip past newsletter promotionSign up to Pushing ButtonsFree weekly newsletterKeza MacDonald's weekly look at the world of gamingPrivacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.after newsletter promotionI completed the level and was treated to the sweetest sentence ever written in video games history. April saying: Its OK the dam is safe lets go home.Buoyed by this I beat the next couple of levels over the next couple of days. Its hard, even with the rewind button, but I recalibrate my whole gaming attitude. I cant charge through levels like you can with games today, for this was the era when you literally had to inch forward, then wait, see what enemies appear, learn their patterns, then move. You have to slow down your whole way of playing. And that isnt a bad thing. In 2025, life moves at 10bn miles an hour. I wake up three times a night checking who is about to invade who.With my heart and mind reopened I re-notice the greatness of this game. The scroll and boomerang weapons are immense, I would put them up there with the BFG from Doom, the Golden Gun from Goldeneye and the Holy Hand Grenade in Worms in terms of sheer fun.I even learn to love the indecipherable nature of the blocky graphics. The Mutant Toad looked recognisable, as were Shredder and his Foot Soldiers. So were the Cheeky Space Monkeys, until I discovered they were actually Giant Fleas. Mostly the enemies are like an 8-bit Rorschach test, their identity the results of projections from my subconsciousness. So that might be a feral butterfly I am trying to kill, but it may also be my feelings of male inadequacy.I am so glad I didnt give up on this game. Because we never did as kids. You had one game a month. You played it. You kept at it. We are gaming dilettantes now, flitting from one subscription service to another, sometimes not even getting past the list of games to actually play one.I am still only halfway through. But I will soldier on through every hard-earned inch. And it will be utterly cowabunga.
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  • Expanse Fans Helped Keep Shohreh Aghdashloo Booked and Busy With Wheel of Time
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    Shohreh Aghdashloos career goes back decades, with her big breakout coming in 2003s House of Sand and Fog, and roles since in X-Men: The Last Stand, 24, The Punisher, The Penguin, and more. But most genre fans look at Aghdashloo and think of one character in particular: The Expanses Chrisjen Avasarala, the fierce, fabulous defender of Earth throughout the much-loved sci-fi series. And as it turns out, her popularity on that show helped bring her to her latest role, Wheel of Times similarly fierce and fabulous Elaida aRoihan. Speaking to Collider, Aghdashloo credits Expanse fans with sparking her interest in joining Wheel of Time, now in its third season on Prime Video. As soon as I was done withThe Expanse, the fans ofThe Expanseand those who liked my work onThe Expanse, they started saying,We need to find her another TV series because we want to see her at work,' she recalled with delight. One of them came up with the idea of The Wheel of Time. I had seenThe Wheel of Time, and I was thinking, Would there be a place for me inThe Wheel of Time? Obviously, I didnt say anything. It wasnt for me to initiate. Then [fans] started saying, Yes, she should come to The Wheel of Time, and she can do a good job with the series.' Aghdashloos social media person took note and encouraged the actor to follow up, especially since her fans remained so enthusiastically persistent about the idea. Again, I said, Well, its not for me to initiate. Lets go find a showrunner! One of them came up with his name: the amazing Rafe Judkins, [Wheel of Times] showrunnerone of the best showrunners Ive ever worked with. He started DMing, saying, Yes, shes been on our radar since 2018, but we knew she was busy with The Expanse. Shes not busy anymore? Bring her over. Two weeks after, I received an offer from Rafe. I was so happy. I could not believe it. And indeed, it all worked out: you can catch Aghdashloowhose jewel-bedecked wardrobe as Elaida is nearly as stunning as her Avasarala outfits were on The Expansestealing every one of her scenes on Wheel of Time season three, now on Prime Video. Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, whats next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.
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  • Scientists Agree That Everyone Hates Your Terrible Zoom Mic
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    By Matthew Gault Published March 28, 2025 | Comments (0) | Using microphone and earphones with video conference on laptop for work from home. mhong84 via Shutterstock If your mic sucks on a conference call then everyone judges you. In our deepest hearts we all know this is true but now its confirmed by science. A new study from Yale looked at peoples perception of a speaker based on how their mic makes them sound. The results wont shock you. People with bad audio setups are less likely to get a job, land a date, or be seen as credible. According to a blogpost about the study, lead author Brian Scholl got the idea for the study during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. Scholl is a professor of psychology in Yales Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the Wu Tsai Institute and was on a lot of conference calls while everyone was still figuring out their setups and learning how to use Zoom. During one meeting, Scholl was on a call with a colleague who had an excellent sound setup and another who was talking through a tinny laptop mic. Scholl realized he thought his colleague on the better mic was making better points and that he didnt like what his colleague on the awful laptop mic had to say. So he decided to study the bias. The study, titled Superficial auditory (dis)fluency biases higher-level social judgment, was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The researchers ran six different experiments. Participants would listen to a short speech and make judgments about the speaker based on what theyd heard. In each experiment, people would hear the same speech through two different styles of mics: one was resonant and clear and the other was tinny and awful. Scientists were careful to make sure the distortion didnt cover up the message and each listener would have to transcribe the message after to make sure they understood.The scientists varied the gender and accent (it was either British or American) across the experiments. In one experiment, listeners had to make a hiring decision after hearing the voices pitch themselves for the job. In another, people listened to a dating profile. In one focused on credibility, participants listened to a computerized female voice with a British accent deny culpability for a traffic accident, the blogpost explained. The results were clear: the voices that sounded like they came through a bad mic got hired less, dated less, and believed less. Those perceptions cut across gender and accent. As judgments from text are influenced by factors such as font fluency, judgments from speech are not only based on its content but also biased by the superficial vehicle through which it is delivered, the paper said. Such effects may become more relevant as daily communication via videoconferencing becomes increasingly widespread.Every experiment we conducted showed that a familiar tinny or hollow sound associated with a poor-quality microphone negatively affects peoples impressions of a speaker independent of the message conveyed, Scholl said in the Yale blogpost. This is both fascinating and concerning, especially when the sound of your voice is determined not just by your vocal anatomy, but also by the technology youre using. Scholl also noted how hard a problem this was to catch and correct. Its easy to see what you look like in a Zoom call, but most people arent listening to how they sound when they talk on a mic. On a call with dozens of people, you may be the only one who doesnt know how you sound to everyone else: you may hear yourself as rich and resonant, while everyone else hears a tinny voice, he said.Daily NewsletterYou May Also Like By Thomas Maxwell Published March 12, 2025 By Matthew Gault Published March 10, 2025 By Todd Feathers Published December 15, 2024 By Daniel Kolitz Published August 31, 2024 By Matthew Gault Published August 23, 2024 By Dua Rashid Published August 22, 2024
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  • Lyce Kessel Djibouti / richard + schoeller
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    Lyce Kessel Djibouti / richard + schoellerSave this picture! Sergio GraziaArchitects: Richard + Schoeller ArchitectesAreaArea of this architecture projectArea:2910 mYearCompletion year of this architecture project Year: 2024 PhotographsPhotographs:Sergio GraziaManufacturersBrands with products used in this architecture project Manufacturers: Assa Abloy, Legrand, MARAZZI, MingleiMore SpecsLess SpecsSave this picture!Text description provided by the architects. We had moved away to the west of Dikhil, near Bouh Barre, after crossing a dry wadi at this time of year. The sun was gradually rising in the sky after a completely starry night, and was embracing us with its torpor. Even though the summer season was not here, walking was becoming difficult in May. Finding a stone hut, covered with a roof overflowing with sheet metal, we stopped in the shade. The thin thickness of this sheet metal seemed providential to us under the burning sun. Under its shade, the temperature had dropped by 10 degrees, without the sun's rays striking our skin or our entire body.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!As we went around the cabin, the east wind, which was blowing gently and continuously, suddenly diffused an unsuspected freshness on this side of the walls.Save this picture!We stood there thinking, sensitive to the slightest shadow, to the slightest breeze, considering that simple aspects of the climate like the wind that moves air masses from the sea can naturally soften a climate, ventilate a building, provide a comfortable interior atmosphere without energy if we observe them carefully. And we examined how to adapt this thinking in a concrete way in the construction of the Joseph Kessel high school in Djibouti.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Wind, light and shadows can sometimes very simply allow partial self-sufficiency on certain primary objectives of architecture even in difficult conditions.Save this picture!Project gallerySee allShow lessProject locationAddress:DjiboutiLocation to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address.About this officeMaterialStoneMaterials and TagsPublished on March 28, 2025Cite: "Lyce Kessel Djibouti / richard + schoeller" 28 Mar 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1028128/lycee-kessel-djibouti-richard-plus-schoeller&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save!ArchDaily?You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream
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