The Daily Populous

Researchers from the University College London have done what celebrity chefs and Italian nonnas could only dream of: they've made the world's thinnest spaghetti.

"The world's thinnest spaghetti" sounds silly, but starch can actually have important applications in medicine.

Extrusion through a die is literally the same way you'd make conventional spaghetti to accompany your bolognese or your meatballs, only at a much, much smaller scale. »

"This version of the Steam client will no longer run on Windows 7 or Windows 8," reads the accompanying documentation of the November 5 Steam client update.

"Users on these OS versions will not automatically update to this new version of the Steam client.".

If you're still gaming on Windows 8 and just skipped the survey, it's about time you upgraded that college laptop⁠—you've more than gotten your money's worth. »

Russia is recruiting hundreds of Yemeni Houthis for the war against Ukraine.

Yemeni recruits who traveled to Russia told the Financial Times that they were promised high-paying jobs and even Russian citizenship.

When they arrived in Russia, they were forcibly conscripted into the Russian army and sent to the front line in Ukraine. »

The University of Texas System announced Wednesday it will expand its free tuition program for lower-income families to include all families making $100,000 or less a year.

The free tuition for undergraduate students will begin in the fall of 2025 and will cover tuition and fees.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology made a similar announcement Wednesday — eliminating tuition costs for undergraduate students whose families make less than $200,000. »