Sun’s gravity could power interstellar video streaming - 'A new proposal suggests that the sun’s gravity could be used to amplify signals from an interstellar space probe, allowing video to be streamed from as far away as Alpha Centauri.
'The Highest Form of Disagreement. The best way to argue is to take on your opponents’ strongest arguments, not their weakest ones.' A refreshing reminder of the value of the philosophical virtues in public discourse.
Extra-virgin olive oil protects memory and learning ability and reduces the formation of amyloid-beta plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain – classic markers of Alzheimer's disease - in a mouse model, published in Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology.
TIL the Soil Conservation Council of Canada suggests gardeners bury underwear to determine soil quality. If after two months only the waistband remains, there is a good amount of organic matter in the soil.
TIL that the compliance-gaining technique of adding 'but you are free to refuse' after a verbal request has been found to double your chances of getting what you want.
Robots Are Eating Money Managers’ Lunch - 'A wave of coders writing self-teaching algorithms has descended on the financial world, and it doesn’t look good for most of the money managers who’ve long been envied for their multimillion-dollar bonuses.
A common misconception about the Industrial Revolution is that wealth grew rapidly. Yet first, there were several decades of turmoil. Like today, many people lost their jobs. Historians call this Engels’ Pause: a time when greater than usual technological progress weakens incomes.