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- The Fiasco of the 1976 ‘Swine Flu Affair’
- An Honest Trailer for Streaming Services
- The Ghost in the Mirror: A Wall Sculpture
- The New Logitech Mouse Has A Button That Can Control Zoom Calls
- Why Do We Have Butts?
- What Are Good Food Options For The Brain?
- What Did We Use Before Toilet Paper Existed?
- Couples Dance While Maintaining Social Distance
- How to Apply for a Job That Pays $50K to Explore National Parks
- 400+ Flavors of Kit Kat
- This Clock Tells The Time Remaining Before The Earth’s Deadline
- He Just Lost His “First Colleague”, and The World Mourns With Him
- Pop Culture Homes as Polly Pocket Cases
- These 125M-Year-Old Dinosaurs Fossils Were Found Perfectly Preserved
- The Tiny Monorails That Once Carried James Bond
| The Fiasco of the 1976 ‘Swine Flu Affair’ Posted: 22 Sep 2020 07:57 PM PDT In early 1976, several soldiers at Fort Dix came down with an illness that was identified as a novel swine flu. Testing showed 200 recruits carried the virus. The US government swung into action, and President Gerald Ford announced that a vaccine would be developed by fall. And it was. But the program became mired in controversy, scaring Americans away from the needle. When the vaccine was made available in Pittsburgh, three people who got it died of heart attacks.
Was the project worth it? At least we -scientists and journalists, that is- learned a few things from the experience. Read the story of the 1976 swine flu vaccine program at BBC Future. -via Damn Interesting  |
| An Honest Trailer for Streaming Services Posted: 22 Sep 2020 07:57 PM PDT
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| The Ghost in the Mirror: A Wall Sculpture Posted: 22 Sep 2020 06:57 PM PDT
Michael Locascio, an artist in New Jersey, specializes in sculptures and household objects that are macabre and delightfully unsettling. Among his works are sculptures of spectral figuresthat appear toemerge from mirrors to haunt your home.
They're made with glow-in-the-dark resin to add to the ghostly effect. All they need now are sound effects that can be activated at the right moment. They're perfect for any young child's bedroom. -via Design You Trust |
| The New Logitech Mouse Has A Button That Can Control Zoom Calls Posted: 22 Sep 2020 06:47 PM PDT
Video call conferences have become a part of our daily lives in the past months, and it seems that it will still be in the coming days. When it comes to these video call conferences, a person in one normally has two things to worry about: his voice and his video. Because we don't want people to hear or see some things in our home, oftentimes we find ourselves monitoring these two things during a video call. This is maybe why Logitech has developed this new mouse called the MX Anywhere 3. The said mouse has "customizable side buttons that control camera and mic settings during video chats", which are real handy tools, if you ask me. That's not the only thing the two side buttons on the Anywhere 3 can do, but it's the most interesting new setting you can choose. In addition to preset actions, there are app-specific actions you can choose from when customizing each button in the Logitech Options software. The newest ones let you press a side button to start/stop your video feed, or mute/unmute [your] mic, while on a Zoom or Microsoft Teams video call. More details about this mouse over Engadget. What are your thoughts about this one? (Image Credit: Valentina Palladino / Engadget) |
| Posted: 22 Sep 2020 06:47 PM PDT
Butts. The soft, hairy, appendages that are hilarious, erotic and functional seem to be very impactful in our lives. But have you ever wondered what their original purpose was? How did humanity decide that these cheeks were to be viewed as they are in the present? Gizmodo Australia presented those questions to multiple experts, along with the history of the human asscheek. Check their full piece here. image via Gizmodo |
| What Are Good Food Options For The Brain? Posted: 22 Sep 2020 06:47 PM PDT
Eating well is one of the easiest ways for us to stay healthy. Keeping a good and well-balanced diet can help us protect our body as time passes by. To keep our brain healthy and functional, we can eat foods that are rich in antioxidants, flavonoids, certain vitamins like choline and B vitamins, and healthy fats. If you don't want to research those components to know what food you can eat to be 'brain healthy,' check out Woman's World's list of recommendations! image via Woman's World |
| What Did We Use Before Toilet Paper Existed? Posted: 22 Sep 2020 02:56 PM PDT
Before the rise of the ever helpful toilet paper, have you wondered what ancient humans used to wipe after going to the bathroom? Medieval literature professor Susan Morrison believes that question is difficult to answer, because we lack the archaeological record to support any claim. Experts however, have recovered some samples that can give us a hint about what people back then would use for their designated potty time, as Live Science details: Throughout history, people have used everything from their own hands to corn cobs to snow to clean up after bowel movements. One of the oldest materials on record for this purpose is the hygiene stick, dating back to China 2,000 years ago, according to a 2016 study in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. Hygiene sticks, also called bamboo slips, were wooden or bamboo sticks wrapped in cloth. During the Greco-Roman period from 332 B.C. to 642 A.D., the Greeks and Romans cleaned their derrières with another stick called a tersorium, according to a feature in the BMJ. The tersorium, which had a sponge on one end, was left in public bathrooms for communal use. Some scholars argue that the tersorium may not have been used to clean people's behinds but the bathrooms they defecated in. People cleaned the tersorium by dumping it in a bucket of salt or vinegar water or by dipping it in running water that flowed beneath the toilet seats. image via Live Science |
| Couples Dance While Maintaining Social Distance Posted: 22 Sep 2020 02:55 PM PDT
The local government of the Mexican state of Nuevo León finally downgraded their alert level from red to orange on September 4. This means that locals are now allowed to hold celebrations such as weddings provided they still maintain a distance of five feet from each other. This wedding was one great example of the locals obeying the state government. Footage shows the moment several couples on the dance floor make sure to stay inside socially-distant squares marked by tape. [...] The video goes on to show the rest of the venue as the just-married couple is also seen enjoying a dance, but, unlike their guests, were not confined to a box or wearing face masks. The Mexican 'epidemiological traffic light' system was created to notify locals which state of emergency they are in depending on the number of people hospitalised due to COVID-19. It goes from green to yellow to orange to red in order of how serious the situation is at the time. Cool! (Image Credit: Newsflash/ DailyMail) |
| How to Apply for a Job That Pays $50K to Explore National Parks Posted: 22 Sep 2020 02:55 PM PDT
Yeah, that's something you should jump on. However, be aware that there is only one slot, and candidates will be judged on their affinity for the outdoors, photography skills, hiking experience, and enthusiasm, among other things. Read more about the promotional stunt/temp job at Lifehacker. |
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| This Clock Tells The Time Remaining Before The Earth’s Deadline Posted: 22 Sep 2020 01:57 PM PDT
Now, that's a way to tell people how much time we have left before the Earth gives up on us! Gan Golan and Andrew Boyd reprogrammed Metronome's digital clock in Manhattan to show how much time our planet has left before it succumbs to global warming and climate change. The digital clock also serves as a call for action, for people to reverse the effects of climate change before it's too late, as the New York Times details: On Saturday at 3:20 p.m., messages including "The Earth has a deadline" began to appear on the display. Then numbers — 7:103:15:40:07 — showed up, representing the years, days, hours, minutes and seconds until that deadline. "This is our way to shout that number from the rooftops." Mr. Golan said just before the countdown began. "The world is literally counting on us." The Climate Clock, as the two artists call their project, will be displayed on the 14th Street building, One Union Square South, through Sept. 27, the end of Climate Week. The creators say their aim is to arrange for the clock to be permanently displayed, there or elsewhere. image via The New York Times |
| He Just Lost His “First Colleague”, and The World Mourns With Him Posted: 22 Sep 2020 01:57 PM PDT
The police not only rely on manpower, but on dog power as well, especially when it comes to cases that require their skills, like in drug trafficking and weapons distribution. A police dog is not just a co-worker for the officer who is assigned with one; the dog is family, and one of the most painful experiences in life is losing a family member. For Malaysian police officer Patrick Sandai, saying goodbye to his ageing K9 partner Tho couldn't get anymore difficult and heart-wrenching. "I've lost my first colleague," says Sandai. On September 19, 2020, Tho passed away due to complications associated with old age, at twelve years and eight months. Tho knew when Sandai wasn't having a great day, and he would rub against the legs of his human partner. Tho was a testament that a dog is indeed a man's best friend. Learn more about Tho's life over at Mashable. Rest in peace, doggo. (Image Credit: New Straits Times/ Bernama/ Mashable) |
| Pop Culture Homes as Polly Pocket Cases Posted: 22 Sep 2020 11:51 AM PDT
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| These 125M-Year-Old Dinosaurs Fossils Were Found Perfectly Preserved Posted: 22 Sep 2020 11:51 AM PDT
Researchers discovered fossils that are perfectly preserved in the western Liaoning Province in China. The 125-million-year-old dinosaur fossils, named Changmiania liaoningensis (which means "eternal sleeper from Liaoning" in Chinese), were possibly trapped by a volcanic eruption, as Fox News details: "These animals were quickly covered by fine sediment while they were still alive or just after their death," said the study's co-author and paleontologist Pascal Godefroit, in a statement. C. liaoningensis was small compared to its larger herbivore brethren, such as the titanosaur. It was approximately 4-feet long and had "very powerful hind legs" to go with a long tail, which suggests the ancient ornithopod was a strong and fast runner and walked upright, similar to iguanodons. "However, certain characteristics of the skeleton suggest that Changmiania could dig burrows, much like rabbits do today," Godefroit added. "Its neck and forearms are very short but robust, its shoulder blades are characteristic of burrowing vertebrates and the top of its snout is shaped like a shovel. So we believe that both Changmiania specimens were trapped by the volcanic eruption when they were resting at the bottom of their burrows 125 million years ago." As for their perfect preservation, the researchers suggest the two dinosaurs were resting when they died. image via Fox News |
| The Tiny Monorails That Once Carried James Bond Posted: 22 Sep 2020 11:45 AM PDT
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