Excessive Bell-Ringing By Priest Takes Its Toll On Italian Community
The FDA needs to take another look at laser-based ‘vaginal rejuvenation’
Here, we present continuous electroencephalography (EEG) recording from a dying human brain
With a few exceptions, musical taste has been researched via likes or preferences of certain types of music. The present study focuses on disliked music
The elaborate con that tricked dozens into working for a fake design agency
Distraction is no longer a relief from tedium but its metronome
“I have experimental evidence that time travel is not possible. I gave a party for time-travelers, but I didn't send out the invitations until after the party. I sat there a long time, but no one came.” [Stephen Hawking on time travel, M-theory, and extra terrestrial life, 2012]
One of the two main hypersonic prototypes now under development in the United States is meant to fly at speeds between Mach 15 and Mach 20, or more than 11,400 miles per hour. This means that when fired by the U.S. submarines or bombers stationed at Guam, they could in theory hit China’s important inland missile bases, like Delingha, in less than 15 minutes. President Vladimir Putin has likewise claimed that one of Russia’s new hypersonic missiles will travel at Mach 10, while the other will travel at Mach 20. If true, that would mean a Russian aircraft or ship firing one of them near Bermuda could strike the Pentagon, some 800 miles away, in five minutes. China, meanwhile, has flight-tested its own hypersonic missiles at speeds fast enough to reach Guam from the Chinese coastline within minutes. [NY Times]
The post-modern novel “Wittgenstein’s Mistress” by David Markson (1988) pre- sents the reader with a very challenging non-linear narrative, that itself appears to one of the novel’s themes. Using a combina- tion of text analysis, entity recognition and networks, we plot repetitive structures in the novel’s narrative relating them to its critical analysis. [PDF]
Suicide Club (secret society): 30 members riding the San Francisco cable cars naked and making post cards commemorating the event was perhaps the best known [prank]
Cacophony Society: According to self-designated members of the Society, "you may already be a member."
have you ever seen a baby's hand x ray?
AI-synthesized faces are indistinguishable from real faces and more trustworthy [images]
Exploring the ownership of child-like sex dolls
How animals heal themselves ― and get high
A child’s TikTok stardom took an alarming turn when an adult fan came to her door with a gun. But her parents haven’t stopped her from posting. [NY Times]
Disney is developing planned communities for fans who never want to leave its clutches [Thanks Tim]
How do we know Google is dying?
Our ability to process information during decision-making doesn’t drop off until age 60, according to new findings that challenge the widespread belief that mental speed starts to decline in our 20s. [...] “People become more cautious in their decisions with increasing age” [...] it is possible that age may affect other tasks differently, such as those relying on memory. [more]
How “Fake” My Bloody Valentine and Cocteau Twins Lyrics Ended Up on Spotify
Have we finally found the recipe for making rain? -- Research suggests electric shocks could be key to growing raindrops
One in three Americans have high levels of toxic weed-killing chemical in their bodies
Two chemists from the University of Copenhagen have studied which chemical substances are released into liquids by popular types of soft plastic reusable bottles. "We were taken aback by the large amount of chemical substances we found in water after 24 hours in the bottles. There were hundreds of substances in the water – including substances never before found in plastic, as well as substances that are potentially harmful to health. After a dishwasher cycle, there were several thousand." [...] They detected more than 400 different substances from the bottle plastic and over 3,500 substances derived from dishwasher soap. A large portion of these are unknown substances that the researchers have yet to identify. But even of the identified chemicals, the toxicity of at least 70 % remains unknown.
how recycling pee could help to save the world
People See Political Opponents As More Stupid Than Evil
A nursing mom was shocked to discover her armpits were leaking milk. “it’s totally normal for the breast to have tissue that extends into your armpit.”
Sleeping for an extra hour every night can help you lose weight, study finds
Casual sex, also referred to as a hookup, has been associated with a range of negative emotional outcomes for women, including regret, anxiety, depression and social stigma. Gender differences were found for both sexual motivations and emotional outcomes of casual sex, with women generally having more negative emotional outcomes than men.
The somatosensory homunculus shows an exaggerated human figure that illustrates the proportion of the brain devoted to the sense of touch in each part of the body. Until recently, these homunculi have been male due to the lack of information on the female somatosensory cortex. Based on more current brain research, the authors present the first sculpted 3D female somatosensory homunculus
"The left hemisphere analyses lifeless parts; the right synthesises the living Gestalt whole." Here we go again with lateralization nonsense.
It has been said that (in some cases) court judges are more lenient on those accused of crimes if the date of the court hearing falls on the defendant’s birthday. But can things also work in the reverse direction? What if, for example, the judge’s favorite football team have just lost a match?
SpaceX just lost 40 satellites to a geomagnetic storm
At the time of the American Revolution the terms 'left' and 'right' themselves did not yet exist... they originally referred to the respective seating positions of aristocratic and popular factions in the French National Assembly of 1789."
The Messinian salinity crisis was a geological event during which the Mediterranean Sea went into a cycle of nearly complete desiccation (drying-up) from 5.96 to 5.33 Ma (million years ago). It ended with the Zanclean flood, when the Atlantic refilled the Mediterranean Sea.
Russian teenager, 16, sentenced to five years for alleged plan to target FSB building in Minecraft
The black death, which plagued Europe, West Asia and North Africa from 1347 to 1352, is the most infamous pandemic in history. Historians have estimated that up to 50 percent of Europe's population died during the pandemic. Now, a new study demonstrates that the plague's mortality in Europe was not as universal or as widespread as long thought.
“My original starting point with grey squirrel was taste. But it’s also great for the environment,” says Paul Wedgwood, one of Scotland’s leading chefs, whose restaurant on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile has had grey squirrel on the menu since 2008. “It’s mellow, nutty and a bit gamey. It’s just a really nice flavour, and it’s easy to match. Anyone who’s doing rabbit could just easily swap in squirrel”
British tourist reunited with false teeth he lost while vomiting in Spain 11 years ago