“Consequently while we have many examples of the emergence of farming and from there the development of complex agrarian economies, we really only have one ‘pristine’ example of an industrial revolution.” ~ learn more
Oh my! “Toxic particles from tyre wear almost 2,000 times worse than from exhausts as weight of cars increases” ~ learn more
“The team’s findings were published in the Cambridge Archeological Journal. Prof Paul Pettitt, of Durham University, said he was “glad he took it seriously” when Mr Bacon contacted him.” ~ learn more
“That is, in some sense, JPMorgan paid Frank [the startup it acquired] $175 million for an email list. … It went poorly.” In their defense (hah, not really) there were 4.3 millions of those emails. Unfortunately they were emails bought […]
“For the first time, the team’s lab experiments have also shown that a virus-only diet, which the team calls “virovory,” is enough to fuel the physiological growth and even population growth of an organism.” ~ learn more
“The OBH posits that dreams are an evolved mechanism to avoid a phenomenon called overfitting. Overfitting, a statistical concept, is when a neural network learns overly specifically, and therefore stops being generalizable. It learns too well.” ~ learn more
“Like many of you, I always thought of PDF as basically a benign format, where the author lays out some text and graphics, and then the PDF sits in front of the reader and doesn’t do anything.” That’s not the […]
It’s the latest slang spreading on TikTok. “Rizz is NYC slang created by YouTuber and Twitch streamer, Kai Cenat. It refers to a male’s ability to impress women aka game…” ~ learn more
They start with a boast that “for the last three years, 80% of our report predictions came true.” They go on to talk about pup pool parties, rave culture comeback, and vitamin seaweed. ~ learn more
Start your year with this link and you’ll have plenty of cause for optimism! Humans are amazing. ~ learn more