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Urban micro flower farms sell blooms and beautify communities at the same time. Source: Urban flower farmers trade lawn care and fresh blooms for space to grow - The Washington Post

A trendy productivity hack, A.I. note takers are capturing every joke and offhand comment in many meetings. They could also potentially waive attorney-client privilege. Source: All Those A.I. Note Takers? They’re Making Lawyers Very Nervous. - The New York Times

Welcome to chaos gardening, a laid-back way to turn a patch of ground into a riot of color. Source: Chaos Gardening: A Laid-Back Way to Garden - The New York Times

Letting nurses, pharmacists, and AI handle routine care could make the system cheaper and more efficient. Source: Opinion | Stop paying doctors to do everyone else's jobs

Early clinical data from Aspen Neuroscience suggests a future where Parkinson’s is not just managed, but rebuilt using a patient’s own cells. Source: The first personalized brain repair for Parkinson’s

The ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz has seen energy prices soar, but Alice Klein pays just A$25 (£13) a month for her electricity, even when charging an electric car or running an air conditioner. Source: How I pay almost nothing to power my house and electric car | New Scientist

To test the safety and security of AI, hackers have to trick large language models into breaking their own rules. It requires ingenuity and manipulation - and can come at a deep emotional cost Source: Meet the AI jailbreakers: ‘I see the worst things humanity has produced’ | AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian

Find takeaways on how stability supports healthy development and explore strategies to create stability in children’s developmental environments. Source: Importance of Stability in the Developmental Environment | Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University

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“Neurons that fire together, wire together” is not the full story. A novel mechanism explains how the brain can learn across longer timescales. Source: A New Type of Neuroplasticity Rewires the Brain After a Single Experience | Quanta Magazine

The budding field is turning dreams into reality for older adults who are eager to age in place, filling caregiving gaps and easing minds as America ages rapidly. Source: Aging in Place: How Technology Might Help You Grow Old at Home - The New York Times

Dr. Benjamin Ebert, who previously served as chair of the department of medical oncology at the institute for seven years, shared with the Boston Globe his ideas and vision for Dana-Farber’s future. Source: How Dana-Farber’s CEO is reshaping cancer care - The Boston Globe

We’ve had Henry David Thoreau the environmentalist, the libertarian, the life coach. To understand his influence, think of him first as a dissident. Source: If You Want a Better World, Act Like You Live in It

Iran war should be wake-up call about costs of not going full throttle towards EVs as Chinese have done, experts say Source: ‘It’s stupid’: why western carmakers’ retreat from electric risks dooming them to irrelevance

  Srdjan Stakic, 49, vibe coded a security camera system for his parents to ensure their safety, which became the basis for his startup Alvis. Source: I Vibe Coded an AI Security System for My Aging Parents, They're Safer - Business Insider

Israeli-US war against Iran continues to cause serious pollution incidents placing people and ecosystems at risk of acute and long-term harm. Source: Operation Epic Fury: emerging environmental harm and risks in Iran and the region - CEOBS

For too long, the promise of personalized therapies has been tantalizingly close, yet frustratingly out of reach for rare-disease families. Source: New FDA approach to rare diseases will help kids like mine | STAT