Scientists Kept Disembodied Pig Brains ‘Alive’ for 36 Hours—and It's Testing Our Conceptions of Death

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Hunter S. Thompson Omnibus (1978) - Nigel Finch's 'Fear And Loathing In Gonzovision' and 'Fear And Loathing On The Road To Hollywood With Dr. Hunter S. Thompson And Ralph Steadman' (0:50)

TIL that in the Middle Ages, European dishes were much more rich with complex flavors and spices. This only changed when those spices became available to the lower class and the upper class decided that said spices and dishes were no longer “fashionable”.

Programmed to Love: the ethics of human-robot relationships

Government Accidentally Releases Documents on 'Psycho-Electric' Weapons

Halo at Jyväskylä Finland Canon 650D +10mm fisheye

Neural networks meet space: Artificial intelligence analyzes gravitational lenses 10 million times faster

TIL if you have a bar with a gang problem they'll be gone within three weeks if every third song played is from a female vocalist, according to Jon Taffer from Bar Rescue.

How success breeds success in science - A small number of scientists command more research funding, awards, citations, and prestigious academic appointments, due to a phenomenon known as the “Matthew effect”, finds a Dutch study that compared PhDs that just won or missed out on early-career grants.

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Anxiety Relief Without The High? New Studies On CBD, A Cannabis Extract - CBD doesn't have the same mind-altering effects as marijuana, since it does not contain THC, the psychoactive component of the plant.

New studies show dark chocolate consumption reduces stress and inflammation, while improving memory, immunity and mood - Data represent first human trials examining the impact of dark chocolate consumption on cognition and other brain functions

Vitamin B6 significantly increased the amount of dream content participants recalled but did not significantly affect dream vividness, bizarreness, or color, nor did it significantly affect other sleep-related variables.

Sunrise view from my $4 Hostel bed

I never understood the godlike feeling of 'keto-adaptation' until today. I have seen the light.

How We All Became Richard Nixon (2010) - 'How television and newspapers turned us all into paranoid weirdos, and paralized the ability of politics to change the world for the better.

I made a longbow using old pallet wood and simple hand tools.

A new study involving teens in Chinese high schools found a positive relationship between midday napping and nighttime sleep. In China, naps are built into the post-lunch schedule at schools. Habitual nappers (who napped more often) tended to have a better nighttime sleep and neurocognitive scores.

TIL that a German man drove the same car, nicknamed Otto, 549,000 miles in 177 countries on a 26-year road trip. His wife joined him for most of the journey, where they traveled to nearly every country on the planet.

Wallpaper made from notes of my first year teaching high school precal.

Artificial intelligence may be more humane than people

TIL that playing 'pink noise' - the sound of uniform static - while sleeping has been found to improve sleep quality and also help memory.

TIL giving regular blood donations can burn 650 calories each time leading to weight loss and reduce your risk of both heart disease and cancer

TIL that trees talk to each other, except cedar trees, they're antisocial.

'Hey, writer!', Nabetse Zitro, Digital, 2017

Remove slight imperfections in wood varnish by polishing with chocolate. This was isopropyl alcohol damage was removed with a Hershey's almond bar :)

Ducks are cool and useful

TIL three border collies have been trained to run around a Chilean forest devastated by wildfire while wearing special backpacks that release native plant seeds.

Contour drawing - drawing without lifting the pen from paper