AvatarLomo KootoPlants 8 Houseplants That Are So Low-Maintenance They May as Well Be Fake The Kitchn - Stefanie Waldek If you’re one of the unlucky few who isn’t blessed with a green thumb (*raises both hands*), that doesn’t mean you’re doomed forever to a house …
AvatarLomo KootoParallel Universes NASA scientists detect evidence of parallel universe where time runs backward New York Post - Yaron Steinbuch In a scenario straight out of “The Twilight Zone,” a group of NASA scientists working on an experiment in Antarctica have detected evidence of a …
AvatarLomo KootoScience Injections Could Become Less Painful Thanks To Animal Stingers Popular Mechanics - By Daisy HernandezIt sounds pretty metal, but the needle was designed to make injections less painful. This is how. No one likes getting pricked with a needle, but new bio-inspired microneedle—featuring protruding barbs
AvatarLomo KootoEnvironment The end of plastic? New plant-based bottles will degrade in a year The Guardian - Jillian AmbroseBeer and soft drinks could soon be sipped from “all-plant” bottles under new plans to turn sustainably grown crops into plastic in partnership with major beverage makers. A biochemicals company in the
AvatarLomo KootoEthiopia's Enchanting "Church Forests"—And 4 More Stories You Should Read This WeekendNational GeographicAfter a long week, these are the fascinating stories we think you should read while you rest and recharge.
AvatarLomo KootoTechnology Sony's new image sensor will revolutionize facial recognition, robotics, and AI privacy standards Input - J. Fergus Sony's beaten its competitors to the punch with the announcement of the first-ever image sensor with integrated AI capabilities, according to The …
AvatarLomo Kooto Coronavirus (Covid-19) New helmet and tent aim to protect health care workers from the coronavirus sciencemag.org - Rodrigo Pérez Ortega
AvatarLomo KootoRadiation These lava tubes could be the safest place for explorers to live on Mars Live Science - Rafi Letzter There's no safe place to camp out on Mars. But a team of researchers has identified what could be future Martian explorers' best possible hideout: a …
AvatarLomo KootoComic Books Dungeons & Dragons: How To Handle Rules Lawyers & Meta Gamers cbr.com - Matthew Attanasio Every Dungeon Master will likely have to deal with rules lawyers and metagamers. These are players that, respectively, micromanage the exact rules of …
AvatarLomo KootoClimate Change The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human tolerance sciencemag.org Humans’ ability to efficiently shed heat has enabled us to range over every continent, but a wet-bulb temperature (TW) of 35°C marks our upper …
AvatarLomo Kooto Japanese asteroid probe discovers an incredible secret bgr.com - Mike Wehner Japan’s Hayabusa2 asteroid probe has already accomplished a lot. After launching in 2014 and spending several years traveling to intercept the space …
AvatarLomo KootoMosquitoes Malaria 'completely stopped' by microbe BBC News - By James GallagherScientists have discovered a microbe that completely protects mosquitoes from being infected with malaria. The team in Kenya and the UK say the finding has "enormous potential" to control the disease.
AvatarLomo KootoScience Water-splitting module a source of perpetual energy phys.org - Mike Williams Rice University researchers have created an efficient, low-cost device that splits water to produce hydrogen fuel. The platform developed by the Brown …
AvatarLomo KootoMeteorites Ancient Martian meteorite holds clues to life on Mars Inverse - Passant Rabie On December 27, 1984, a meteorite hunting expedition in Antartica found a black rounded brick, measuring at 6 by 4 by 3 inches. ALH 84001 made its …
AvatarLomo KootoNatural History Hero Shrews’ Extreme, Superstrong Backbones Are the Stuff of Legend smithsonianmag.com - Katherine J. Wu Conspicuously absent from the long list of animals that have inspired pop culture superheroes are shrews—small, mole-like mammals that love to eat …
AvatarLomo KootoMuseums The British Museum Just Made 1.9M Stunningly Detailed Images Free Online VICE - Becky FerreiraWhile everyone is stuck at home due to Covid-19, the collection allows people to get a better view of some key objects than they would in person. Lockdowns and quarantines are essential to slowing the
AvatarLomo KootoBusiness 25 examples of behavioral interview questions and how to answer them Ladders - Jennifer Fabiano When heading into an interview, candidates must prepare for any question thrown at them. Many candidates prepare to speak about their past experience …
AvatarLomo KootoScience Why Rooftop Wind Power Hasn't Really Worked—Until Now Popular Mechanics - By Caroline DelbertA new airplane-inspired solar technology could put wind power up on your roof. Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have put aside infeasible almost-plans to install tiny wind turbines on homes,
AvatarLomo Kooto 10 Online Flea Markets That Are Perfect For Finding One-of-a-Kind Gems Woman's Day - Corinne Sullivan Maybe you’re looking for a vintage handbag. Maybe you’re hoping to sell an antique tea set. Maybe you just want to buy some designer clothes for half …
AvatarLomo KootoScience NASA Rocket Scientists Designed a Rapid-Production Ventilator in Just 37 Days Gizmodo - George Dvorsky Introducing VITAL, a prototype ventilator designed expressly for quick and easy mass production. Developed by NASA engineers, the device could …
AvatarLomo Kooto The Limits of Clean Energy getpocket.com The conversation about climate change has been blazing ahead recently. Propelled by the school climate strikes and social movements like Extinction …
AvatarLomo Kooto Aerogel quickly and cheaply purifies water – by turning it to steam newatlas.com - By Ben Coxworth By converting liquid salt water – or tainted water – into steam, it's possible to obtain pure, clean drinking water. Doing so could soon be cheaper …
AvatarLomo Kooto To Silence Wind Turbines and Airplanes, Engineers Are Studying Owl Wings smithsonianmag.com - Dana Mackenzie Every owl fancier has a story of the first time they heard an owl — or, rather, didn’t hear one. It’s unforgettable to see an enormous bird, whose …
AvatarLomo KootoProduct Design Face Mask designs for a surreal future where wearing masks is humanity’s new norm yankodesign.com - By Neha Mistry 2020 has surely brought about a change in our priorities. Where Instagram was earlier filled with people jet-setting across the globe to exotic, …
AvatarLomo Kooto A New, Plastic-Busting Enzyme Can Break Down Water Bottles WIRED - John Timmer, Ars Technica Plastics have a lot of properties that have made them fixtures of modern societies. They can be molded into any shape we'd like, they're tough yet …
AvatarLomo KootoTelescopes NASA looks at transforming a moon crater into a kilometer-wide radio telescope Digital Trends - Luke Dormehl NASA has awarded a grant to explore an ambitious plan that seeks to transform a crater on the far side of the Moon into a massive one-kilometer …
AvatarLomo KootoScience The 500-million-year-old reason behind the unique scent of rain newatlas.com - By Rich Haridy New research from an international team of scientists is suggesting that instantly recognizable earthy smell after rain is released by bacteria …
AvatarLomo Kooto A Wearable for Opioid Patients Gets Retooled for Covid-19 WIRED - Sidney Fussell Adrienne So In a mid-March press conference on New York City’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, Mayor Bill de Blasio detailed the city’s plan to transform …
AvatarLomo Kooto Show with the flow: elevation maps reveal world rivers The GuardianThese maps of rivers around the world were created byEsri UK, a mapping and spatial analytics company, from detailed elevation data collected using remote sensing techniques. The information was taken
