Can you tune a fish?
This impressive youtube creator was determined to finds out. Yes, it turns out, you can tune a fish. If you’re into engineering you might get a kick out of this. ~ learn more
This impressive youtube creator was determined to finds out. Yes, it turns out, you can tune a fish. If you’re into engineering you might get a kick out of this. ~ learn more
“The experiment was made famous in 1987 by Jack Treynor. In his case it was 850 jelly beans and 56 students. The group average was only 2.5% off the correct number; only one student guessed better. The study has been repeated many times with similar results.” ~ learn more
If NFTs are securities, then maybe OpenSea is an unregistered securities exchange. “Non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea received a notice from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it intends to pursue an enforcement action, the company disclosed on Wednesday.” ~ learn more
“Fertility is collapsing worldwide. We lack a coherent theory for why this is happening.” … “I propose that there is, in fact, an under-appreciated fundamental cause of these trends, which manifests in the form of different proximate causes (real and imagined) across different geographies and times. This fundamental cause is status.” ~ learn more
A point of view certain to be controversial in some circles. “These sorts of findings are commonplace in the empirical food desert literature: objectively increasing availability and access to food doesn’t seem to do much to what people choose to eat or what food is considered available. To understand why, we need to look at some other results.” ~ learn more
“One approach to that problem is to identify contradictions between published scientific papers, which can point the way to new discoveries. In our paper, we describe how ContraCrow, an agent built on top of PaperQA2, can evaluate every claim in a scientific paper to identify any other papers in the literature that disagree with it.” ~ learn more
“Injecting regulatory T cells or Tregs, which control the body’s immune responses, directly into damaged bone, muscle and skin significantly boosts healing, according to new research. The door is now open to developing a universal cell-based method of enhancing healing after an injury.” ~ learn more
“Sunday marks the end of an experiment that drug-reform advocates called a pioneering and progressive measure to better help people. Oregon legislators reassessed Measure 110 this year and decided to again make it a misdemeanor to possess a minor amount of drugs — essentially anything besides marijuana.” ~ learn more
“Bananas are (slightly) radioactive. The banana equivalent dose (BED) is a measurement of radiation. It’s definitely not enough to hurt you.” ~ learn more
“The sad reality of healthcare today is it’s a battle between providers, insurance companies, and patients to figure out how much care will cost. Today we’re going to shed some light on the inner workings with a short primer on insurance claims processing (exciting!).” ~ learn more