by | Jul 18, 2022 | Weirdness
from WIRED The Brain Has a ‘Low-Power Mode’ That Blunts Our Senses Neuroscientists uncovered an energy-saving mode in vision-system neurons that works at the cost of being able to see fine-grained details. by ALLISON WHITTEN When food has been in short supply for a...
by | Jul 16, 2022 | Weirdness
from The New York Times Did Nature Heal During the Pandemic ‘Anthropause’? Covid precautions created a global slowdown in human activity — and an opportunity to learn more about the complex ways we affect other species. By Emily Anthes A lone duck savoring its...
by | Jul 14, 2022 | Weirdness
from CNN Mysterious fast radio burst in space has a ‘heartbeat’ pattern By Ashley Strickland A mysterious radio burst with a pattern similar to a heartbeat has been detected in space. Astronomers estimate that the signal came from a galaxy roughly a...
by | Jul 12, 2022 | Weirdness
from The Independent The solar system could collapse because of a passing star, scientists predict by Adam Smith Scientists have warned that if a passing star moves Neptune’s orbit by just 0.1 per cent, the resulting chaos could cause the other planets in our solar...
by | Jul 11, 2022 | Weirdness
from Science Alert A Supervolcano in New Zealand Is Rumbling So Much It’s Shifting The Ground Above It by JESS COCKERILL The vast expanse of Lake Taupō’s sky blue waters, crowned by hazy, mountainous horizons, invokes an extreme sense of tranquility. ...
by | Jul 6, 2022 | Weirdness
from The Daily Star Las Vegas hotels to offer ‘first ever’ VR porn delivery robots as part of room service Help is at hand for lonely hotel guests at Las Vegas resorts thanks to a new VR porn delivery robot – it brings a sanitised headset with the...
