In English – Sivu 2

2024-11-09 @ 17.35.40 ∈ In English

(11:31)

Bad News: The Ocean Is Full of Spiders*

*Sea spiders are not actually arachnids, although they certainly look the part. They’re weird guys, and the specifics of their strangeness may actually help us to better understand how all invertebrate groups evolved.

2024-11-08 @ 20.06.03 ∈ In English

Sticky paper on bumpers reveals scale of bee deaths due to car collisions

A team in Utah has found that bee deaths due to collisions with automobiles in the western parts of the United States may be in the tens of millions every day.

2024-11-07 @ 11.29.34 ∈ In English

Are these tiny insects the world’s laziest bugs?

I was puzzled to discover that some group members appear to do nothing. Not helping out, not breeding, nothing. Few animal societies are known where group members help no one, not even themselves.

2024-11-06 @ 16.40.57 ∈ In English

Practical betterments

A collection of one-off actions to improve your life continuously — however marginally

2024-11-05 @ 13.16.02 ∈ In English

(6:40)

The Time Travel Movie That Doesn’t Move

2024-11-05 @ 10.43.13 ∈ In English

(From August)

curl -v https://google.com

The little men in your computer do this every time you open google.com

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.

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.

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.

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.