Concept Art: The Knights of Ren. What an awesome looking crew. The backstories of them individually, and as a whole, could be really cool. I hope we learn more about them some day.
Holding Hands Can Sync Brainwaves and Ease Pain - ' Researchers report holding hands with a loved one causes brain waves to fall into sync. The more synchronized the brain waves between partners, the less pain a person will feel.
TIL Lingerie brand Cosabella replaced it's marketing agency with artificial intelligence, Albert. After three months with Albert, Cosabella saw a 336% increase in return on ad spend.
TIL Ashton Kutcher ended up in the hospital with pancreatic issues after following Steve Jobs' fruitarian diet in preparation for the movie Jobs. Steve Jobs died of Pancreatic cancer.
A computer program has been used to autonomously design synthetic pathways for eight commercially relevant molecules. The routes were shorter, had higher yields, and were more reproducible than the standard processes. In one case, the software broke the patented route to the compound.
Soft, smart contact lenses with integrations of wireless circuits, glucose sensors, and displays, with in vivo tests to monitor the glucose concentration in tears, and, simultaneously, to provide sensing results through the contact lens display, as reported in journal Science Advances.
TIL that a snail known as the geography cone is the most venomous animal on earth. Its venom is a mix of hundreds of toxins delivered through a harpoon-like tooth — and there's no anti-venom.
A new study provides insight into the neurobiology of dying. Investigators performed continuous patient monitoring following Do Not Resuscitate - Comfort Care orders in patients with devastating brain injury to investigate the mechanisms and timing of events in the brain during the dying process.
Dirt Poor: Have Fruits and Vegetables Become Less Nutritious? Because of soil depletion, crops grown decades ago were much richer in vitamins and minerals than the varieties most of us get today.
I made a chrome extension to apply dark/night mode in real time to all the websites I browse. It uses a completely new algorithm and doesn't use the problematic color-inversion technique used by other similar extensions. Took me about two months to develop it.