Verde School / Ricardo Gusmao Arquitetos + Guido Otero ArquiteturaSave this picture! Area Area of this architecture project Area:  48438 ft² Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2023 Photographs Photographs:Pedro Kok, Manuel Sá Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project Manufacturers:  Day Brasil, Elevatec, Eliane, Hunter Douglas, Intercity, Keramika, Knauf, Metadil, Novidario, Pormade, San Marmore, Santiglass, Turra Engenharia, Victor Cobervickas Lead Architects: Ricardo Gusmão, Guido Otero More SpecsLess Specs Save this picture! Text description provided by the architects. Escola Verde´s new unit is located on Canal 6, 50 meters from the beach. In addition to its proximity to the beach, the strategic position of the land within the block also provided important elements for the project: it used to be an empty space between high rise vertical buildings facing the sea and a village of houses facing the mainland. The school building thus operates at the boundary between the scales of the neighbors and seeks ways to relate to the canal and the sea, creating a unique environment for students and the local community.Save this picture!© Pedro KokSave this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!The 4,500.00m² building is divided into four floors: the ground floor organized around the covered arrival courtyard, which has a double ceiling height, crosses the building longitudinally, and houses more collective programs such as recreation and cafeteria. The first floor contains the administrative spaces, and the two upper floors are dedicated to classrooms, laboratories, and art rooms, accessed by a large support space. The roof, completely open, serves as a large open square that allows multiple uses and relates extensively to the surrounding views, expanding possibilities for outdoor activities.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!To speed up construction, the adopted building method was precast concrete, and the walls were made of soil-cement bricks with aluminum frames. These materials were left exposed, and, like the installations, they give a didactic character to the construction and facilitate its maintenance. For solar protection, two types of solar shading were installed: on the ground floor, there is a perforated metal sheet that marks the more collective spaces; on the upper floors, horizontal brises were designed with a metal structure and planters.Save this picture! Project gallerySee allShow less Project locationAddress:Santos, BrazilLocation to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address.About this office MaterialsSteelConcreteMaterials and TagsPublished on April 14, 2025Cite: "Verde School / Ricardo Gusmao Arquitetos + Guido Otero Arquitetura" [Escola Verde / Ricardo Gusmao Arquitetos + Guido Otero Arquitetura] 14 Apr 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1028943/verde-school-ricardo-gusmao-arquitetos-plus-guido-otero-arquitetura&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save世界上最受欢迎的建筑网站现已推出你的母语版本!想浏览ArchDaily中国吗?是否 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

NTT is one of the most powerful technology conglomerates in the world. As a telecommunications giant, the company operates a global network infrastructure, ranks among the top three data center providers worldwide, and employs more than 330,000 people. Through its NTT Data subsidiary, it boasts deep expertise in cybersecurity, next-gen networking, quantum research, and enterprise IT services. With these assets, NTT should be positioned as an industry-defining force in the AI-powered future. However, at its recent NTT Research Upgrade 2025 event, it chose not to lead. Instead, a bold, clear articulation of vision and ambition became a disjointed series of ideas, framed more as academic explorations than strategic imperatives. Lofty language, vague metaphors, and philosophical asides dominated the company’s core messaging. While the technology showcased was real and impressive, the leadership tone was tentative — more deferential to partners than a directive to the market. In short, NTT missed the moment, which is a strategic misstep for a company with its capabilities. Ambitious Language, Unclear Strategy NTT Executive Chairman Jun Sawada opened the keynote with expansive, almost poetic language. He spoke about “upgrading reality,” building a “network of AIs,” and promoting a “pluralistic value society.” He referenced philosophical inquiries and the creation of the Kyoto Institute of Philosophy, aiming to bring together Eastern and Western thought in shaping the future of human-AI coexistence. These are intriguing themes. However, they lacked anchoring in a keynote intended to showcase technology leadership — which turned into a couple of fireside-style chats. There was little connection to product roadmaps, customer impact, or near-term business outcomes. Sawada spoke of IOWN — the company’s ambitious, Innovative Optical and Wireless Network — but left unexplained how this infrastructure uniquely enables or differentiates NTT in the AI race. Sawada mentioned the importance of connecting AIs to build a “heterogeneous world” but stopped short of detailing what NTT is building to realize that goal. The result? The keynote felt more like a symposium on the philosophy of technology than a declaration of leadership. For NTT, whose customer base includes some of the world’s most demanding enterprise and government clients, that was a missed opportunity to inspire confidence. Research Focus Felt Like Strategic Retreat Kazu Gomi, CEO of NTT Research, doubled down on the company’s commitment to basic research. He described NTT’s Silicon Valley-based research labs and their work in applied physics, cryptography, and cardiovascular bio digital twins. To his credit, he was refreshingly candid in admitting that much of this research may not become a commercial product in the near term. Again, this level of scientific humility is understandable from a university lab. However, from a Fortune Global 100 enterprise, it comes across as strategic deferral. Gomi introduced a new concept called “Physics of AI,” which is meant to demystify how AI systems work and increase their trustworthiness. However, his description leaned heavily on metaphors, such as apples falling from trees and Newtonian physics, and lacked tangible proof points or technical framing. Yet, there was no discussion of frameworks, metrics, or deliverables. There is no sense of how this new initiative would generate a competitive advantage for NTT or its customers. There was no call to action for industry partners; it was just an abstract pitch. In a world where competitors like Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon, and Google are integrating AI into everything from data centers to developer tools, NTT’s insistence on staying in the research phase feels like a reluctance to lead. Snowflake and NTT Data Filled the Vacuum Ironically, the most substantive content of the event came from outside NTT’s core corporate leadership. Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy delivered a practical, compelling roadmap for enterprise AI adoption. He described how Snowflake helps clients extract value from their internal data, build AI copilots, and deploy production-grade chatbots. He emphasized trust, efficiency, and ease of deployment—core values that enterprise buyers care deeply about. NTT Data CEO Abhijit Dubey provided a similarly focused perspective. He highlighted four innovation areas: quantum computing, voice mining, attribute-based encryption, and trusted data spaces. Each was tied to real-world customer stories: BMW, Japan Post Bank, and smart city pilots. These were clear, testable use cases tied to value delivery. But therein lies the disconnect. These leaders made the case for innovation. NTT itself did not. While Snowflake and NTT Data sounded like organizations building and delivering the future, NTT Corporation remained in the background — host to a conversation it should have been driving. Failure To Connect the Dots NTT has everything it needs to be a global technology leader in the AI era: A top-tier worldwide fiber and wireless network Massive data center presence, especially in high-growth markets like India Deep talent in quantum science, cybersecurity, and encryption An enterprise customer base that spans industries and continents An IT services division (NTT Data) that is among the largest in the world But Upgrade 2025 failed to tie these assets into a coherent strategic narrative. There was no aggressive positioning of IOWN as the backbone for AI-native networking. There was no clear articulation of how NTT’s data center footprint enables sovereign AI or edge intelligence. No insight was provided into how NTT’s research labs fuel product innovation pipelines, and perhaps most surprisingly, there was no bold statement about how NTT intends to compete in an industry that is moving at unprecedented speed. NTT didn’t use its stage to declare leadership. It used it to float ideas and host guests. For a company of its size, that’s a passive stance and a missed opportunity to drive the conversation forward. The Stakes Are Higher Than Ever Enterprise buyers are not looking for abstract promises. They want trusted partners who can deliver secure, scalable AI infrastructure, integrate with their systems, and help them navigate complexity. Government clients want solutions they can control and deploy locally. Telecom and cloud operators are battling to redefine the role of connectivity in an AI-native world. NTT could lead all of these markets. It has the assets. It has the talent, and, most crucially, it has the credibility. But to compete, it must first lead with confidence and clarity. Upgrade 2025 was a chance to assert its leadership and showcase NTT’s technology, purpose, business model, and vision for where the AI-powered enterprise is going. Instead, it chose the safety of abstraction. Final Thoughts: A Stage Missed NTT doesn’t need consumer recognition. It doesn’t sell smartphones or search engines. Its impact is felt behind the scenes — where networks are built, data is stored, and enterprise systems are connected. That makes forums like Upgrade 2025 especially important. They are the rare public moments where NTT can show the market what it stands for. Unfortunately, the company didn’t do itself any favors at this year’s event. It did not strengthen its position as an unabashed thought leader. It did not clarify how its formidable portfolio of technologies, across infrastructure, research, and services, comes together to solve enterprise and societal challenges — and it certainly did not project urgency. In a market where AI adoption is now a race — not a roadmap — NTT’s hesitance to lead was palpable. The company may have world-class technology and ideas, but at Upgrade 2025, it left leadership on the table.

Key Take-Aways on Dark Oxygen: Dark oxygen is produced on the seafloor by a process other than photosynthesis.A new study published in Nature Geoscience in July 2024 suggests it’s unclear what causes dark oxygen, but a possible source could be polymetallic nodules.This discovery could rewrite our understanding of how aerobic (oxygen-respiring) life evolved on Earth. And it could even point to new possibilities for extraterrestrial life, perhaps on Saturn’s watery moons.The traditional story of Earth’s oxygen is simple: There was none until the first photosynthesizers evolved 3.4 billion years ago. Then, bacteria started converting sunlight into sugar for their own growth, with algae and plants later following suit, and they all pumped oxygen into the atmosphere as a happy byproduct. There is no other natural source for the gas that we — and most life on this planet — need for survival.That’s what Andrew Sweetman, a seafloor ecologist and biogeochemist at the Scottish Association for Marine Science, learned in his studies. However, when he measured elevated oxygen levels at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean in 2013, he was understandably baffled. His lander had returned from 13,000 feet beneath the surface, a gloomy realm untouched by sunlight, and there were bubbles in its payload of sediment.He and his colleagues dismissed it as a fluke, but then in 2015, it happened again. “The evidence just stacked up and up and up,” Sweetman recalls. “Eventually, we had to say, there’s something going on here.” They knew the claim would be controversial, but they couldn’t ignore their own data: Oxygen was being produced on the seafloor by some process other than photosynthesis.What Is Dark Oxygen?In July 2024, the team finally published their findings in Nature Geoscience, calling the phenomenon dark oxygen. It’s unclear what’s causing it — Sweetman is preparing to investigate further next year — but the geology of the ocean bottom itself suggests one possible source: polymetallic nodules. These potato-sized lumps, composed of various metals, litter the seafloor where the researchers detected oxygen in the Clarion-Clipperton zone east of Hawaii. They contain layers of manganese, cobalt, lithium, nickel, and copper. These are all common battery components, and they may behave like underwater batteries, generating enough electric current to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen atoms.That, at least, is Sweetman’s hypothesis. If true, it could rewrite our understanding of how aerobic (oxygen-respiring) life evolved on Earth. And it could even point to new possibilities for extraterrestrial life, perhaps on Saturn’s watery moons. “If the process is electrochemical in nature, and it happens at the bottom of our oceans,” Sweetman says, “what’s to stop it happening at the bottom of an ocean world like Titan or Enceladus?” Other Theories on Dark OxygenAlternatively, it could be the other way around, with bacteria generating oxygen and that oxygen in turn promoting the growth of polymetallic nodules. In March 2025, researchers in China posted a preprint of a study (which has not yet been peer-reviewed) in which they report that two strains of deep-sea bacteria can reduce nitrate to ammonia, a process that seems to produce dark oxygen.Still another alternative, some scientists say, is that Sweetman’s findings are simply wrong. The Nature Geoscience paper drew criticism from several groups, most notably The Metals Company, a deep-sea mining company that partly funded Sweetman’s research and hopes to mine polymetallic nodules for use in batteries.In September 2024, five scientists employed by The Metals Company posted a preprint rebuttal, which also has not yet been peer-reviewed. The paper — led by Michael Clarke, a marine biologist and environmental manager for the company — argues that the oxygen likely came from air bubbles trapped in Sweetman’s equipment. That would mean it originated in the atmosphere after all, not on the seafloor. Thus, they wrote, “the hypothesis that polymetallic nodules produce oxygen can be wholly rejected.” In response to the critiques, Sweetman says, “I don’t think people realize just how much we tried to refute the data.” Sweetman argues that his lander’s benthic chamber — a device used to measure oxygen exchange in seafloor sediment — has enough fail-safe features to ensure the experiments weren’t fouled by stowaway air bubbles. And he expects the next round of research with improved equipment, tentatively planned for early 2026, will validate his team’s original findings.Supporting Deep-Sea EcosystemsThere’s more riding on this than it may seem. If dark oxygen is, in fact, being produced, it could support deep-sea ecosystems that we know little to nothing about. Conservation groups, which had already opposed the extraction of polymetallic nodules, quickly latched onto Sweetman’s work as justification for a moratorium on mining projects. The day the study came out, Lisa Levin, a distinguished professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, told the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition that dark oxygen represents “a new ecosystem function that needs to be considered when assessing the impact of deep-sea mining.” But Sweetman remains agnostic. For now, we don’t know enough to say whether dark oxygen production is happening naturally since it's possible the polymetallic nodules only generate electric current when a lander swoops down and blows the sediment off them. And even if the process is natural, it’s unclear how ecologically important it may be (not to mention how mining might affect it). “Those questions are answered on page 942,” Sweetman says. “We’re only on page 3.”Article SourcesOur writers at Discovermagazine.com use peer-reviewed studies and high-quality sources for our articles, and our editors review for scientific accuracy and editorial standards. Review the sources used below for this article:Nature Geoscience. Evidence of dark oxygen production at the abyssal seafloorCold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Nitrate-driven dark oxygen production by diverse deep-sea microorganismsDeep Sea Conservation Coalition. Groundbreaking Discovery in the Deep Ocean – Oxygen Production by Polymetallic Nodules Targeted by the Deep-Sea Mining IndustryCody Cottier is a contributing writer at Discover who loves exploring big questions about the universe and our home planet, the nature of consciousness, the ethical implications of science and more. He holds a bachelor's degree in journalism and media production from Washington State University.

You can make a rubber egg at home with kitchen staples. Image: DepositImages Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 This year might not be the best time to conduct an egg experiment, thanks to the skyrocketing cost of the breakfast staple. However, if you are willing to part with one of these precious, protein-packed gems, you could have a simple science experiment almost guaranteed to wow guests at a Passover seder, Easter brunch, or any other springtime gathering. What you’ll need to make a rubber egg 1 raw egg 1 cup, mug, or jar. A clear vessel will allow you to fully watch the egg, but is not necessary  White or cider vinegar 1 bowl  1 large plate The materials you will need to create a rubber egg. CREDIT: Popular Science. Steps Gently place the egg into the cup. Fill it with enough vinegar so that the entire egg is submerged. Make sure there is enough vinegar to cover the egg. CREDIT: Popular Science. Keep the egg inside the vinegar for about two to three days. Gingerly touch it from time-to-time and watch as its outer shell melts away. The onion-skin looking material is the egg’s shell breaking down. CREDIT: Popular Science. After a two to three days, remove the egg and it will bounce like rubber. Try bouncing it in a shallow bowl or a large plate. NOTE: It is still breakable, so be careful. After two days in white vinegar, this egg is ready to bounce. For maximum fun, go ahead and break the egg into a bowl. You can also open it in a sink, but preferably one with a garbage disposal. Be sure to clean up any raw egg that might have landed in the splash zone. Even a rubber egg will eventually crack under pressure. The real kitchen science By the end of this eggsperiment, the vinegar will have absorbed the egg’s shell. The vinegar contains ethanoic acid–also called acetic acid. When it comes in contact with the eggshell, the acetic acid reacts with the calcium carbonate in the shell. Carbon dioxide gas is one of the products of this chemical reaction, and you can see it in the bubbles forming around the eggshell almost immediately after placing it in the vinegar.  The carbon dioxide bubbles around the egg shortly after being placed in vinegar. CREDIT: Popular Science. If the egg sits in the vinegar, the chemical reaction dissolves the hard shell and end result is a membrane with a raw egg yolk inside. Despite being thin, the membrane is surprisingly strong and is why the egg can get bouncy. The membrane is considered semipermeable which means that water can pass through it, yet substances that are dissolved in the water cannot.  We do not advise leaving rubber eggs out for the Easter bunny to hide. That might get really smelly very quickly.

Reviews Science & Society ‘Pseudoscience’ digs into the allure and dangers of believing fake science A new book digs into history’s most common scientific myths and why people are eager to believe them Ley lines are imaginary straight lines on maps thought to connect archaeological landmarks and even conduct mystical energy across Earth. Such pseudoscience is the subject of a new book. Alfred Watkins/Wikimedia Commons By Sibani Ram 30 seconds ago Pseudoscience Lydia Kang and Nate PedersenWorkman Publishing Company, $25 Have you ever taken a personality test seriously? Or maybe you’ve wondered if you could freeze yourself in liquid nitrogen to help revitalize your body postmortem? Human tendencies to believe in such scientific myths are anything but uncommon. In their latest collaboration, Pseudoscience, internal medicine physician Lydia Kang and historian Nate Pedersen examine such myths from the past and present and scrutinize the evidence (or lack thereof) behind them. Through conversational and entertaining prose, the pair explores why people can be so eager to believe the unbelievable — and the very real dangers of doing so. Sign up for our newsletter We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.

Nature, Published online: 14 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00943-1As I watch US researchers respond to threats against science, I’m reminded of when scientists in Brazil navigated a similar storm.

submitted by /u/Pretend-Travel9478 [link] [comments]

.@LincolnMargison unveiled MotionRig, a modular and procedural animation system for Unreal Engine 5 that's easy to set up and adaptable for a wide range of uses.Learn more: https://80.lv/articles/motionrig-custom-modular-procedural-animation-system-for-ue5/

كورس تعلم البرمجة للمبتدئين واحتراف بايثون وهندسة البرمجيات:https://www.codezilla.courses/introduction-to-programming/?coupon=BIGCOLLAB---------------------------------------------------سألت ابراهيم عادل @ZAmericanEnglish و اسامة الزيرو @ElzeroWebSchool و علي شاهين @AliShahin و غريب الشيخ @GhareebElshaikh و محمد ابو سريع @FathyAndAbusrea ، ستة اسئلة عن تعلم البرمجة للمبتدئين و الحصول على وظيفة و اهم النصائح للراغبين في تعلم البرمجة و الحصول على وظيفة في مجال البرمجة00:00 المقدمة00:16 لماذا بدأت في تعلم البرمجة؟04:44 كيف بدأت في تعلم البرمجة؟08:55 اصعب شيء في تعلم البرمجة؟11:52 اصعب شيء في شغل المبرمج؟14:17 الوقت المستغرق للحصول على اول وظيفة في البرمجة؟15:21 ما هي نصيحتك للمبتدئين في تعلم البرمجة و المحترفين في مجال البرمجة؟19:34 كورس تعلم البرمجة و احتراف بايثون للمبتدئينحساب تويتر:https://twitter.com/codezilla_---------------------------------------------------حساب انستجرام:https://www.instagram.com/islamhesham_/---------------------------------------------------قناة codezilla academy:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwz3RDqQTxPJ3c3phqWGBwQ---------------------------------------------------قناة codecast:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxfpXysReI8eLc-rQ_yorw---------------------------------------------------قناتي الشخصية: https://www.youtube.com/islamheshammahfouz---------------------------------------------------link to facebook group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/codezilla.channel/---------------------------------------------------link to facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/codezilla.channel/---------------------------------------------------link to my linkedin profile:https://www.linkedin.com/in/islamheshamashraf/

Eisen is a criminalInsurrection Barbie: Just a reminder the architect of these protests is Norm Eisen and he told us this was the playbook in 2019. In Norm Eisen’s “Democracy Playbook” (specifically The Democracy Playbook: Preventing and Reversing Democratic Backsliding, originally published by the Brookings