Russia – Kettinki

2024-09-14 @ 13.22.30 ∈ In English

(From 2023; Medium.com, eww)

AI and the American Smile

Why do you smile the way you do? A silly question, of course, since it’s only “natural” to smile the way you do, isn’t it? It’s common sense. How else would someone smile? As a person who was not born in the U.S., who immigrated here from the former Soviet Union, as I did, this question is not so simple.

2024-09-13 @ 12.47.36 ∈ Suomeksi

Asiantuntija kertoo, miksi jättiyhtiö Unilever lähtee Venäjältä vasta nyt: ”Raja on ylittynyt”

[LUT-yliopiston kauppakorkeakoulun kansainvälisen liiketoiminnan professori Juha] Väätänen pitää todennäköisenä, että Unilever päätti vetäytyä Venäjältä nyt, koska yhtiön kokema mainehaitta Venäjällä toimimisesta on tehnyt liiketoiminnasta Venäjällä yhtiölle kannattamatonta.

2024-07-19 @ 8.18.36 ∈ In English

The redpoll finch saga: How two bird species just became one

[The] hoary redpoll finch, a small, plump bird commonly found in the Arctic, will be reclassified as the same species as the common redpoll finch, a smaller bird found in similar habitats. This announcement came as a direct result of a CU Boulder-led study which found that, despite their different looks, very few genetic differences exist between the two types of birds.

2024-06-24 @ 17.09.37 ∈ Suomeksi

Tajunnanvirtaa uraanista

Vaikka uraanin käyttö ydinvoimalaitosten polttoaineena on yleistä tietoa, aihepiirin ympärillä on myös paljon mystiikkaa ja epämääräisiä väitteitä. Tämä kirjoitus käsittelee uraania alkuaineena, sen tuotantoa, sekä käyttöä reaktoripolttoaineena.

2024-04-09 @ 18.31.32 ∈ Suomeksi

Jimm’s PC Store myi tuhansia drooneja, jotka saattoivat päätyä Venäjälle

Jimm’s PC Store on myynyt tuhansia drooneja yritykselle, joka tuomittiin puolustustarvikkeiden maastavientirikoksesta. Droonien epäillään päätyneen Venäjälle.

2024-04-02 @ 11.07.11 ∈ In English

Saving a Sea Monkey Sanctuary | Hakai Magazine

If Great Salt Lake were to disappear, an annual five million tonnes of farmed fish and shrimp could disappear with it. That’s roughly equal to the wild seafood the United States and Canada combined manage to catch in a year.

2024-03-14 @ 19.10.52 ∈ In English

Researchers: Sweden has vast ‘old growth’ forests, but they are being chopped down faster than the Amazon

Most of Europe’s natural ecosystems have been lost over the centuries. However, a sizeable amount of natural old forest still exists, especially in the north. These “old-growth” forests are exceptionally valuable as they tend to host more species, store more carbon, and are more resilient to environmental change.

2024-02-27 @ 13.17.41 ∈ In English

Ukraine war: Welsh miners in country to repay 1984 help

A convoy drives 2,000 miles from south Wales to Ukraine to repay a 40-year-old favour.

2024-02-05 @ 20.10.31 ∈ In English

Getting rid of bed bugs: Trickier than ever

[Tropical] bed bugs have turned up in the United States, Sweden, Italy, Norway, Finland, China, Japan, France, Central Europe, Spain — “even in Russia, which would have once been unthinkable,” says [Chow-Yang] Lee, of the University of California, Riverside.

2024-01-26 @ 18.47.21 ∈ In English

Four cold-causing coronaviruses may provide clues to COVID’s future

Four largely ignored coronaviruses circulate in humans without causing great harm and may portend the future for SARS-CoV-2