I skied down Mount Everest (world first, no oxygen). Andrzej Bargiel “becomes the first person to climb Mount Everest and ski back to Everest Base Camp without supplementary oxygen.” After nearly 16 hours in the “death zone,” he made history […]
The rapid decline of horses. “Then, between 1930 and 1950, 90% of the horses in the US disappeared.” The shift from horse power to engine power was abrupt, despite two centuries of gradual technological advancements. ~ learn more
Monogamy: Humans vs. meerkats and beavers. Humans are surprisingly monogamous, ranking “between meerkats and beavers” in a study measuring full sibling rates to infer mating patterns. The research uses genetic data to place humans in a “premier league of monogamy” […]
Size of life. “From the largest dinosaurs that roamed the Earth to the smallest insects, the ‘Size of Life’ visualization provides a fascinating perspective on the scale of various life forms across time and space.” ~ learn more
EU’s source of tech revenue. “EU makes more from fines on US tech, than tax from ALL of public European tech in 2024.” ~ learn more
A list of US products not allowed in the EU. “Theres a very long list of US products that cannot be sold in the EU thanks to EU regulations. … I thought it would be very much worth going through […]
The Chernoff face. Invented by Herman Chernoff in 1973, Chernoff faces represent multivariate data through the features of a human face. “The individual parts, such as eyes, ears, mouth, and nose represent values of the variables by their shape, size, […]
Academic papers need not suck. “Sometimes you just kinda phone it in for a year, you know? I didn’t do a whole lot of research this year. Spent a lot of time on Twitter. Played around with GANs a little. […]
Can you walk Wisconsin’s shorelines? Shorewood resident Paul Florsheim takes a stand after receiving a trespassing ticket for walking along Lake Michigan’s shoreline. “I really actually want to go to court because I don’t think I was trespassing,” he argues, […]
First kiss was 21 million years ago. Researchers found that the mouth-on-mouth kiss dates back to our common ancestor with great apes. “We think kissing probably evolved around 21.5 million years ago in the large apes,” says Dr. Matilda Brindle. […]