“We’re so used to seeing ‘lazy stoners’ on our screens that we don’t stop to ask whether they’re an accurate representation of cannabis users. Our work implies that this is in itself a lazy stereotype.” | learn more and more
The Ottomans showed up 2 days late to fight the Habsburgs, only to learn that they had already won. | learn more
I just learned of a very popular YouTube creator called SSSniperWolf. In this video, you can watch her reactions side-by-side with a set of creative videos (i.e., a person painting their car to look like a cartoon). It’s about a […]
“A SLAPP suit … is a civil claim filed against an individual or an organization, arising out of that party’s speech or communication to government about an issue of public concern.” | learn more
A video. “You might think “Rocket” is a funny name for slow moving tortoise. But the 90-year-old, 500-pound tortoise is a master escape artist who has broken out of enclosures at two different zoos.“ | learn more
“Larger spacecraft too massive to burn up during re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere are controlled to crash / splash down in Earth’s spacecraft cemetery, a location in the ocean remote from inhabited regions.” | learn more
This 20-year-old college student is certainly having a productive semester. | learn more
There’s an oft-quoted stat that its 17%. This writer believes that’s incorrect because the ‘official height’ records of NBA players are inflated. | learn more
“Over the weekend, ESPN broadcast a replay of a recent esports event that saw the world’s most advanced Microsoft Excel users go head-to-head in a knockout tournament.” I watched a bit of this and frankly was a little lost because […]
“We reviewed the published literature and acquired unpublished datasets to systematically quantify bird–building collision mortality and species-specific vulnerability. Based on 23 studies, we estimate that between 365 and 988 million birds (median = 599 million) are killed annually by building […]