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Better solar cells using coffee.
Wait, what?
It turns out growing certain types of photovoltaic cells with caffeine in the mix results in better crystals that have a higher output *and* last longer.
https://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/green-tech/solar/java-takes-the-jitters-out-of-solar-cells
Link: The WHO’s new screen time limits aren’t really about screens https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/25/18516669/screen-time-limits-who-children-health-physical-activity-sleep-tv-phones
Link: Perhaps more parents would support vaccination if people were still suffering from polio
An interesting read on trying to revive pre-Colombian Native American agriculture using plant species related to those whose seeds have been found in archaeological sites.
The Promise and Perils of Resurrecting Native Americans’ Lost Crops
Why Your Brain Hates Slowpokes: “The high speed of society has jammed your internal clock.”
“They asked artificial intelligence to create a game. One of its first ideas involved exploding Frisbees.”
The article goes on to describe a less dangerous game that they ended up actually implementing, but there’s something perfect in the exploding Frisbee idea.
Interesting read: Why Google+ Failed
“Google Plus didn’t fail because Facebook is invulnerable. It failed because of deep flaws embedded in it from the very start.”
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@mjog Yeah. By the time Inbox was introduced, I’d already set up enough custom rules that I wasn’t interested in even trying it, but the analysis makes a lot of sense.
Some great examples of spectacular mirages over the ocean, including the fata morgana, which occurs when different layers of air refract light so that an image – or multiple images – appear above where the object actually is. Named for Morgana le Fay, because it can make distant islands or ships appear as castles in the air.
The Most Interesting, Spectacular Mirages Aren’t in the Desert
The Wikipedia article on the phenomenon also has some great images, and a diagram of how it works.
Interesting: Some California farmers are deliberately growing weeds to capture carbon and add organic matter to the soil.
California Has Farmers Growing Weeds. Why? To Capture Carbon
A fascinating look at historical descriptions and illustrations either known to be, or matching up with, #migraine auras.
“A rhinoceros poacher in a South Africa wildlife preserve was stomped to death by an elephant and eaten by lions, authorities said.”
LA Times adds: “Rangers at Kruger National Park found his skull and trousers.”
Link: Incredible satellite image of aurora over Canada with city lights… and something else https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/incredible-satellite-image-of-aurora-over-canada-with-city-lights-and-something-else
UPDATE: Former police officer arrested after 3-hour standoff in Athens
We live in the strangest timeline.
My thoughts:
1. Oh Barry, look what you did.
2. I had to keep reading just to see which state the city was in, because during the Bronze Age, Athens *Ohio* was canonically in the same location on Earth Prime as Central City on Earth One. Which would have made this even stranger than it already is.
3. My brain kept reading Eastanallee into Eastallen.
On the whole, it wasn’t the glowing rectangles that were unhappy.
Report: 90% Of Waking Hours Spent Staring At Glowing Rectangles