All posts tagged: path

Trump offers mixed messages about path ahead for US war against Iran

Trump offers mixed messages about path ahead for US war against Iran

Published by Sam Flores

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump offered mixed messages on Monday about the path ahead for the U.S. war against Iran, declaring that he was in no rush to end the conflict while also expressing confidence that further negotiations with Tehran will soon take place in Pakistan. With the 14-day ceasefire to expire Wednesday, Trump whipsawed in telephone interviews and social media posts between measured optimism that a deal could soon be reached and warning that “lots of bombs” will “start going off” if there’s no agreement before the ceasefire deadline. Trump indicated that he still expects to dispatch his negotiating team, led by Vice President JD Vance, to Pakistan’s capital of Islamabad for a second round of talks, even as Iran insisted it would not take part until Trump dialed back his demands. Iran’s chief negotiator and parliament speaker, Mohammed Bagher Qalibaf, accused the United States of wanting Iran to surrender and added that on the contrary, Iran has been preparing “to reveal new cards on the battlefield.” “We do not accept negotiations under …

Tesla Driver Alarmed as FSD Takes Him Directly Into the Path of an Oncoming Train

Tesla Driver Alarmed as FSD Takes Him Directly Into the Path of an Oncoming Train

Published by José Betancourt

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech One Tesla driver is lucky to be alive after his vehicle took control as he waited for a train to pass. Joshua Brown of Plano, Texas said his car’s Full Self-Driving mode engaged while he sat waiting at a railroad crossing. Footage shared with local media shows his Tesla plowing through the fiberglass crossing arms, shattering his window as the train screamed by just feet away. Brown admitted that he had zoned out while waiting for the train to pass — which is fair enough, if you’re a human. For an autonomous vehicle, it’s inexcusable. “About the time I realized I was moving, the bar is right there, like right in front of me,” Brown said. The Tesla’s rear camera captured the crossing as a Dallas Area Rapid Transit train blazed past, barely missing Brown by a few car lengths. Texas Tesla driver narrowly avoids autopilot disaster “I would like to say I wasn’t rattled, but it rattled …

U.S., Iran seek path to end war in Islamabad talks

U.S., Iran seek path to end war in Islamabad talks

Published by Sam Flores

ISLAMABAD — The Iranian and U.S. delegations have arrived in Islamabad for talks on ending the war in Iran days after the two sides agreed to a shaky ceasefire. Heavy security was visible across the Pakistani capital on Saturday, with few cars on the streets and many roads completely closed to civilian traffic ahead of the arrival of U.S. Vice President JD Vance, who arrived around 10:30 a.m. Source link

Flight Path Data Shows How Mosquitoes Target Humans

Flight Path Data Shows How Mosquitoes Target Humans

Published by skeptic

Infectious diseases borne by mosquitoes—such as malaria, dengue fever, and Zika fever—claim more than 770,000 lives worldwide each year. Understanding how mosquitoes find humans has long been a challenge in controlling the spread of these diseases. However, little has been known about how mosquitoes integrate multiple cues, including visual information and carbon dioxide, to approach their targets. In this context, a research team led by the Georgia Institute of Technology and Massachusetts Institute of Technology has succeeded in automatically deriving a dynamic model governing mosquito flight by applying Bayesian inference statistical methods to a vast amount of data recording mosquito movements. Bayesian inference is a statistical technique that probabilistically determines the most plausible model parameters from observed data. Using this method, the researchers were able to construct a mathematical model that could reproduce experimental results with high accuracy while compressing mosquito behavior to fewer than 30 parameters. “The big question was, how do mosquitoes find a human target?” explains Cheng-Yi Fei, a postdoctoral researcher at MIT. “There were previous experimental studies on what kind of …

Ready or not, key engine burn puts NASA’s Artemis II on path to the moon

Ready or not, key engine burn puts NASA’s Artemis II on path to the moon

Published by skeptic

Artemis II has officially left Earth’s neighborhood, with the Orion spacecraft now on a three-day leg of the deep space journey toward the moon. After NASA polled “go” on translunar injection — or TLI, the key engine firing — flight controllers commanded the maneuver just before 8 p.m. ET on Thursday, April 2, less than 24 hours after the historic mission launched from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.  For the U.S. space agency, this moment is the real point of no return in a carefully orchestrated test flight. It’s the last major engine firing of the mission. The burn not only pushes the capsule toward the moon, it also serves as the same critical maneuver that will eventually bring the astronauts home.  That’s riskier than NASA’s usual spaceflights. On the International Space Station, astronauts circle Earth every hour and a half. If something goes wrong, they’re never more than about 90 minutes from an emergency landing. But on Artemis II, as soon as controllers take this step, NASA has committed to the rest of …

When Your Partner Doesn’t Share Your Spiritual Path

When Your Partner Doesn’t Share Your Spiritual Path

Published by Jenni Sidey

Devon and Nico Hase are an extraordinary couple whose work combines ancient Buddhist wisdom with psychological practices in an irreverent, no-nonsense style that sets them apart on the mindfulness scene. As life partners and meditation teachers, they’re the authors of two books: How Not to Be a Hot Mess: A Buddhist Survival Guide for Modern Life, and another to be published this month, This Messy Gorgeous Love: A Buddhist Guide to Lasting Partnership. Nico, who has a PhD in counseling psychology and has studied extensively in the Zen, Insight, and Tibetan Buddhist traditions. Devon is a graduate of the Insight Meditation Society’s Teacher Training Program, has practiced meditation rigorously for the past 25 years, and teaches internationally. I wanted to speak to them about their new book and how mindfulness impacts coupling and love, a topic they are deeply familiar with. Mark Matousek: A lot of spiritual practitioners are involved with people who don’t share their passion for self-realization. How do you recommend navigating “mixed marriages” of this kind? Devon Hase: You don’t necessarily have …

6 Best Trail Running Shoes of 2026 for the Path Less Traveled

6 Best Trail Running Shoes of 2026 for the Path Less Traveled

Published by Jenni Sidey

The Best Trail Shoes for Long Runs: Arc’teryx Norvan LD 4 Arc’teryx Norvan LD 4 GTX Trail-Running Shoes The maximalist approach is popular among long-distance shoes, but comes at a cost for those of us who like to turn on the speed when the impulse strikes. The updated Norvan LD 4 GTX does an impressive job of distributing its lightweight InFuse midsole—made with recycled EVA—along the chassis in a way that feels soft and comfortable in the heel and midfoot while coasting, and responsive in the forefoot when it’s time to open up down a fire road or negotiate trickier, rugged terrain. The fit is satisfyingly secure, with the thick, meshy tongue wrapping your foot in place, while the wide toe box lets your toes splay. The stealthy shoelace pocket is the cherry on top of the LD 4 GTX’s undeniably sleek silhouette. More Trail Running Shoes We Love New Balance Minimus Trail These shoes are absolutely feral. Not only do they deliver the most natural feel of all the shoes we tested, but there’s …

Trump Offers No Timeline Or Path Forward In Meandering Iran War Address

Trump Offers No Timeline Or Path Forward In Meandering Iran War Address

Published by Sam Flores

In his first major speech about the war against Iran he began without consulting allies and without the consent of Congress, President Donald Trump offered no new timeline or plan for how the war will end and instead repeated recent talking points, including threats of war crimes and an assertion that the critical Strait of Hormuz would “naturally” open by itself soon. In a rare prime-time address to the nation, Trump did not provide any hints as to how he might bring the tens of thousands of deployed service members home without leaving Iran in charge of the strait that normally sees a fifth of all the world’s oil pass through it. Instead, he ran through the destruction he has already wreaked on Iran and how much worse he will make things for its citizens. “If there is no deal, we are going to hit each and every one of their electric generating plants, very hard and probably simultaneously,” Trump said. Destroying a country’s electrical infrastructure, critical to civilian life, is generally considered a violation …