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  1. No, he didn't die on cam. He went out for a smoke break and didn't return. The 35 year old had raised $11,000 for various charities over the psst 5 years and was on the 22nd hour of a 24-hour World of Tanks stream, according to the article.
  2. Although near-fully paralyzed patients have been given a means to communicate via eye movements or other small remaining abilities, Ars Technica reports that four patients that are totally paralyzed (unable to even breath or blink) have successfully communicated via a cutting-edge process. This non-invasive technique measures blood-oxygen levels and electrical activity in the brain, fed to a computer to decipher yes or no answers. Through a series of questions and measurements, the computer is trained on what a yes or no looks like in a given patient and for a foundation for communication. 3 of the patients were asked if they were happy and glad to be alive and each responded positively.
  3. The United Arab Emirates, home if the city Dubai, is well known for wealthy citizens keeping wild animals such as cheetahs as pets. This changed this Wednesday as Laws were passed against ownership of these sorts of exotic pets as well as domesticated but dangerous animals. Furthermore, new restrictions on traditional pet ownership, like dogs, were also passed. Ohio, meanwhile, continues to keep alive the possibility of my one day keeping a fox or fennec as a pet. What are your thoughts on exotic pet ownership?
  4. I read an interesting news article this morning on chemical and molecular analysis of 19th century paint. It was rather interesting to learn that innovations in paint of the time cut drying times from months or years down to days or weeks, in particular. Do we have any painters around that could comment on the nature of paints used today?
  5. John Glenn, first American in orbit, has died at the age of 95. He was a fighter pilot of WWII and Korea, a transcontinental speed record holder, and represented the state of Ohio in the US Senate for 24 years. A truly legendary man. Sic itur ad astra :<
  6. Personally, I'm tired of the constant hype around developing driverless technologies. With outlandish timetables, unrealistic expectations, and corny designs my jaded self can't help but see it all as little more than a grab for investors that's setting up the public for a let down. That is why it was refreshing to see a news article that shared my views of the expectations being set up. But, this article also raises a fair point I'd not considered before. Through analysis of surveys, they concluded that the hype helps drive public acceptance of the technologies whereas a more pragmatic assessment may be less accepting. It's a classic trick to get people to go along with something, but one that makes sense in this scenario. As much as I'd like to see a greater focus on more realistic technology, I can accept that the money's not there; people spend on things that excite their imaginations. Similarly, people are less willing to take a chance on something without expecting a sufficiently significant change.
  7. Each year of 1.8 million pilgrims sacrifice a sheep to share the meat with the poor and needy as part of Hajj celebrations. With that many pilgrims, there is simply not enough space or time to perform these sacrifices so in the past a system of paper coupons and arbiters was set up. Today, this system is computerized! The system routes the request to an available abattoir queue and provides an SMS text message once the animal has been slaughtered for the meat to be distributed to the poor, all without the pilgrim ever having to see the animal nor deal with the blood! What a time to be alive :D
  8. http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/09/bizarre-ant-colony-discovered-in-an-abandoned-polish-nuclear-weapons-bunker/ In an abandoned nuclear bunker in Poland, ants have colonized a hellish space through a bizarre distortion of a typical ant colony. Living on near constant starvation, a colony with no queens and no males persists. It is not a fire and brimstone hell but a dark, cold ninth-circle of hell spent largely on the one colony activity left intact: moving the dead to the colony edges. A starved existence with no clearly-identified food source, surrounded by mountains of the dead. Yet, the colony persists through the year to be replenished by a rain of fresh workers who fall down a rusted ventilation pipe by the annual expansion of the normal colony living on the earthen surface above. It's easy to think of an ant colony as its own standalone thing, but it is in fact a generative property of ant biology. This ant hell colony, I think, is a fascinating reminder of this and a keen look into how the mechanics and rules governing ant social systems, applied in such an alien environment, leads to a distorted yet still stable colony system. Very useful for illustrating the true nature of disease and symptoms in biological systems and perhaps for reflecting on human social systems in extreme conditions as well...
  9. http://phys.org/news/2016-08-tiny-species-extinct-australian-marsupial.html Not much to say here other than "How the heck do get 'lion' out of that?" The Microleo attenboroughi has been officially named for Sir David Attenborough.
  10. An interesting article came up today on phys.org, summarizing a recent scientific paper in Biological Review (sadly pay-walled.) The paper proposes an evolutionary model that suggests that women may be sexually fluid - changing their sexual desires and identities from lesbian, to bisexual, to heterosexual, and back - to reduce conflict/tension in polygynous scenarios while maximizing reproductive success. It also proposes this may account for male arousal by lesbian sex. While the article is sparse and the scientific paper is pay-walled there are some interesting tidbits to be found in the abstract, including "Analyses of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) confirm the theory's predictions that: (i) women (but not men) who experience increased levels of sexual fluidity have a larger number of children (suggesting that female sexual fluidity, if heritable, may be evolutionarily selected)". On the other hand, the author has some interesting articles in their history. So what do you guys think?
  11. This article is a fun look into the incredible amounts of effort that goes into maximizing so many aspects of modern life. The quest is to take the sweetest natural sweetener and make it sweeter. Something as simple as taste and yet the article illuminates some impressive lengths taken in its analysis. X-Ray chemical analysis to determine which parts of the protein make it sweet. A background compendium of knowledge that tells us how the tongue senses sweetness. And finally, of course, experimental evidence that confirms the amino acids responsible for the sweet taste. Step down a road to making a small improvement with a big impact.
  12. An interesting article on phys.org today. It examines the way Chinese urban youth relate to American TV and muses on why it may be so popular.
  13. North Korea has tested another nuclear bomb today They claim it was a Hydrogen bomb, though skeptical intelligence agencies believe it was just a boosted fission device. The test was again performed underground and registered as a 5.1 earthquake with the USGS.
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