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2024-11-04 @ 15.48.12 ∈ In English

Fovea detector
Look at any specific point and you should clearly see the extent of your fovea (the stars only seem to be rotating in a small circle at the center of your vision). Move your head back and forth to see it grow/shrink. Works better in full screen mode.
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2024-11-03 @ 14.08.28 ∈ In English

Say the prime
We're attempting to get a collection of humans to say every digit of the newly-discovered (and currently largest-known prime number) Mersenne prime M136279841, and hope to achieve this before another larger prime is discovered.
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2024-11-01 @ 8.51.16 ∈ In English

Research confirms stereotypes about job-related traits
Stereotypes about which personality traits are associated with different jobs are largely true, an extensive study by psychologists suggests. The findings help to explain why some people thrive in creative professions, others aspire to leadership roles, and still others work in care and counseling.
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2024-10-30 @ 11.20.25 ∈ In English

Highly Predictable Interactions
We should have unpredictable experiences. But our lives are greatly enhanced when interactions are highly predictable.
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2024-10-24 @ 19.49.49 ∈ In English

TIL

Sealioning - Wikipedia
Sealioning (also sea-lioning and sea lioning) is a type of trolling or harassment that consists of pursuing people with relentless requests for evidence, often tangential or previously addressed, while maintaining a pretense of civility and sincerity (“I’m just trying to have a debate”), and feigning ignorance of the subject matter.
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2024-10-23 @ 11.12.57 ∈ In English

Reducing moose numbers could help protect Canadian caribou populations from wolf predation
To protect caribou, wildlife managers have reduced wolf numbers in some caribou ranges, but this may cause moose populations to grow, resulting in a wolf rebound.