fun facts
Cunningham’s law.
“The best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it’s to post the wrong answer.” | learn more (but not much more)
fun facts
This city does not exist.
Imagine a webpage that uses AI to invent an entirely new satellite map every time you hit refresh. Reminiscent of this word does not exist from late 2021. | learn more
fun facts
Some kind of loophole.
“Its tiny train slowly bumps back and forth, going approximately nowhere. And it’s now at the center of a massive court battle between its operators and the U.S. federal government.” | learn more
on the blockchain
Reporter can finally buy crypto after leaving NYT.
A thread by Nathaniel Popper: “One fringe benefit of leaving the NYT is that I have been able to play around w/ owning and trading crypto for the first time. I’ve still got plenty of unanswered questions, but the big […]
big ideas
The urine revolution: how recycling pee could help to save the world.
“Separating urine from the rest of sewage could mitigate some difficult environmental problems, but there are big obstacles to radically re-engineering one of the most basic aspects of life.” | learn more
thoughts of food
China’s approval of gene-edited crops energizes researchers.
There are a lot of people to feed in China, so it’s probably a good thing that their new rules are less strict than the EU’s policy of Just Say No to GMOs. “Scientists say newly published guidelines will spur […]
under the microscope
Mental speed is high until age 60.
“Our results indicate that response time slowing begins as early as age 20, but this slowing was attributable to increases in decision caution and to slower non-decisional processes, rather than to differences in mental speed.” | learn more
retail therapy
San Francisco shoplifting: a contrarian analysis.
If you’ve ever expressed a casual opinion on this topic (as I have), you’ll want to read this before bringing it up again. “Some people argue that shoplifters in San Francisco are running rampant. I don’t think this is true. […]
to your health
What’s the deal with cryotherapy?
The content team at NutriSense grabbing my attention once again! “A sudden obsession with a particularly odd-sounding treatment is sweeping the alternative therapy world, and it involves exposing your body to extremely cold temperatures.” | learn more
better doing
Practice your coping mechanisms now.
“Happiness tends to decline throughout young adulthood and middle age, bottoming out at about age 50. After that, it heads back up again into one’s mid-60s. Then something strange happens. Older people split into two groups as they get old: […]