In English – Sivu 12

2025-03-19 @ 15.46.41 ∈ In English

A Dutch ‘fish doorbell’ has turned into an unlikely online hit combining slow TV and ecology

When somebody watching the site sees a fish, they can click a button that sends a screenshot to organizers. When they see enough fish, they alert a water worker who opens the lock to let the fish swim through.

2025-03-11 @ 13.15.55 ∈ In English

(Quote from 2005)

Rubenerd: A succinct email in just a subject line

[In] some organizations, such emails are identified by adding (EOM)—for end of message—at the end of the Subject line. This lets recipients see that the whole message is right there in the subject without clicking to the view the (non-existent) body.

2025-03-08 @ 9.53.41 ∈ In English

The hidden world beneath the shadows of YouTube’s algorithm

The majority [of YouTube] exists in quiet moments, in shaky camera work and voices meant for no one in particular. [… Every] one of them is public, but it's also clear that most people didn't upload this content for strangers. It was like being let in on a secret, a sprawling, uncurated documentary of human life.

2025-02-28 @ 14.38.21 ∈ In English

Citrus Fruit Consumption Helps Protect against Depression via Gut Microbiome: Study | Sci.News

[The new study] analyzed the interplay between citrus consumption, the gut microbiome, and risk of depression, in over 32,427 participants.

2025-02-27 @ 17.09.34 ∈ In English

The loneliness paradox: How media narratives shape our solitude

[People] who believe being alone is harmful tend to feel lonelier after spending time alone in daily life. However, those with a more positive view of solitude don't just feel less lonely in the same situations, they actually feel more positive.

2025-02-26 @ 18.40.27 ∈ In English

Why do we fall for wellness scams? Our cultural biases and myths are often to blame

[Our shared mythologies and symbols] seem to make our lives more "efficient" by surpassing tedious fact-checking. Over time, these cultural codes become embedded into our psychologies, operating as background biases that shape our decision-making.

2025-02-25 @ 17.36.41 ∈ In English

Indian street dogs show strong preference for yellow bowls, even empty ones

Dogs see the difference between blue and yellow, for example, but other colors such as green, orange and red appear to them as muted shades of gray or yellow. This means that for dogs, the color yellow stands out.

2025-02-20 @ 14.11.30 ∈ In English

Phishing attack hides JavaScript using invisible Unicode trick

JavaScript developer Martin Kleppe first disclosed the obfuscation technique in October 2024[…] Each ASCII character in the JavaScript payload is converted into an 8-bit binary representation, and the binary values (ones and zeros) in it are replaced with invisible Hangul characters.

2025-02-20 @ 14.08.13 ∈ In English

Neuroscientists Discovered the Key to Dream Memory – And It Might Surprise You

[People] with a positive attitude toward dreams and a tendency for mind-wandering were significantly more likely to recall their dreams. […] Younger participants showed higher rates of dream recall[.] [Some reported] lower dream recall during winter compared to spring[.]