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- Daughter Wants A Duck, But Dad Wants To Be The One To Name It
- Household Chores Can Improve Brain Health, According To New Study
- A View Of Twilight From Above
- Age of Empires IV Will Be Released This Year!
- Dog Plays Connect Four and Jenga With His Humans
- John Wilkes Booth's Doppelganger
- Is Taking Notes By Hand Better Than Using A Gadget?
- The World’s Weirdest Primate
- This Seagull Casually Rides The Back Of Another
- Would You Swim In A See-Through Sky Pool 115 Feet Above London?
- Scientists Use Whale Wax To Solve The Mystery Behind The Supposed Da Vinci Sculpture
- Yoda Cocktail
- Why French Makes No Sense
- The Historic Boston Dessert That Became a Japanese Favorite
- Meet Kiri, The Tiny Japanese Fire Truck in San Francisco
| Daughter Wants A Duck, But Dad Wants To Be The One To Name It Posted: 01 May 2021 04:26 AM PDT
When Chris Lerma received a message from his daughter asking him whether their family could get a duck, he did not respond with a yes or no. Instead, Lerma immediately jumped into what the duck's name should be. He told his daughter that if the duck was a boy, it would be named Swan Solo; if it was a girl, then it would be named Amy Farrah Fowler. Unfortunately, his daughter rejected his punny name proposals, and so Lerma just responded with a cold, "Then no duck for you." But his daughter continued on begging, and so he responded with more name suggestions, until both of them came into an agreement. Read their conversation on Facebook. (Image Credit: Chris Lerma/ Facebook)  |
| Household Chores Can Improve Brain Health, According To New Study Posted: 01 May 2021 04:26 AM PDT
Want greater brain volume which can improve your memory and cognition? If you answered yes to this question, then look no further than beyond your house, as new research suggests that doing household chores can improve brain health in older adults. "Scientists already know that exercise has a positive impact on the brain, but our study is the first to show that the same may be true for household chores," says Noah Koblinsky, lead author of the study, Exercise Physiologist and Project Coordinator at Baycrest's Rotman Research Institute (RRI). "Understanding how different forms of physical activity contribute to brain health is crucial for developing strategies to reduce the risk of cognitive decline and dementia in older adults." [...] The researchers found that older adults who spent more time engaging in such activities had greater brain volume, regardless of how much exercise they did. This was observed in the hippocampus, which plays a major role in memory and learning, and the frontal lobe, which is involved in many aspects of cognition. Good to know! (Image Credit: Pixabay) |
| Posted: 30 Apr 2021 10:12 PM PDT
As the sunlight shines on a portion of our planet Earth, the shadow line, or terminator, is diffused, which results in a gradual transition between light and darkness. This is how twilight looks from above our planet. This photo was taken in June 2001 from the International Space Station. (Image Credit: ISS Expedition 2 Crew, Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth, NASA) |
| Age of Empires IV Will Be Released This Year! Posted: 30 Apr 2021 10:12 PM PDT
Age of Empires IV will finally be released this year, almost four years after the official announcement of the game. So prepare your spears, your bows, your arrows, and your swords and shields, as this fall, a new age is, once again, upon us. (Image Credit: IGN/ YouTube) |
| Dog Plays Connect Four and Jenga With His Humans Posted: 30 Apr 2021 10:12 PM PDT And he's not just playing for fun. He's playing with them competitively (but it seems that he still can't win against his human, at least in Connect Four). Watch as Morty the Australian Shepherd grabs the Connect Four chips using his mouth, carefully removes a Jenga block, and rolls himself inside a blanket. Morty's humans are very attentive to Morty, training him to play board games and other incredible tricks. Cool! Via Laughing Squid (Image Credit: aussie_morty/ Instagram) |
| John Wilkes Booth's Doppelganger Posted: 30 Apr 2021 10:12 PM PDT
Jacob Haas, left, and John Wilkes Booth, right. On April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater in Washington. It was no secret who did the shooting, as Booth was a well-known actor and had jumped to the stage after shooting Lincoln. Booth fled the scene, and was pursued for twelve days before soldiers found him in a tobacco barn, which they set on fire and then shot Booth. That period in which Booth was a fugitive proved to be pure hell for a Union veteran from Pottsville, Pennsylvania, named Jacob Haas who was unfortunate enough to look an awful lot like Booth.
Two more times Haas barely evaded certain death due to his resemblance to Booth. Read his story at Pennsylvania Oddities. -via Strange Company |
| Is Taking Notes By Hand Better Than Using A Gadget? Posted: 30 Apr 2021 10:10 PM PDT
Psychology professor Michelle D. Miller points out a problem in the widely-cited 2014 study on the effectiveness of written note-taking versus using a laptop. According to Miller, when other scholars attempted to repeat the experiment in the study, titled "The Pen Is Mightier Than the Keyboard: Advantages of Longhand Over Laptop Note Taking," they weren't able to get the same results: "Some patterns found in the original study replicated, but some—most notably the conceptual recall question advantage—did not," Miller writes in a forthcoming book, "Remembering and Forgetting in the Age of Technology." Miller is quick to note that the authors of the original study did nothing wrong, and that it is typical for small studies to have findings that turn out to be "fragile" when submitted to follow-up studies. As she notes: "All this back and forth is good social science, but from a practical standpoint it leads to one fairly glaring conclusion: If the supposed advantage of handwriting is flaky enough, or simply small enough, not to reliably show up across studies, we probably shouldn't be remaking our classroom policies because of it." Miller has been looking into what learning science says about all kinds of narratives that float around technology and teaching these days. Do learners remember less when they can fall back on search engines? Do younger generations that grew up with technology—so-called digital natives—really function better with machines than older folks do? And can tech be used to help boost students' memory of what they're taught? Image via unsplash |
| Posted: 30 Apr 2021 08:26 PM PDT Meet the aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis), a particularly unique lemur that has its own taxonomic family. Dubbed as the weirdest primate in the world, the aye-aye is also the world's largest nocturnal primate. The lemur spends the night eating and traveling, and sleeps in elaborate nests made of leaves and branches during the day. In local lore, aye-ayes bring bad luck and death and must be killed on sight (ouch). Check World Wildlife's full piece on the creature here. |
| This Seagull Casually Rides The Back Of Another Posted: 30 Apr 2021 02:24 PM PDT
A clip of a seagull freeloading on another seagull's back as they fly through the sky has gone viral! In a video posted by Twitter user buitengebieden_, a seagull can be seen on the back of another, using the other one as a makeshift uber ride. The nine-second video clip has been watched by nearly three million people, and I can assure you, it's hilarious! Check the video here. Image screenshot via Comic Sands |
| Would You Swim In A See-Through Sky Pool 115 Feet Above London? Posted: 30 Apr 2021 02:24 PM PDT
I don't think I'll be able to handle the height if I ever get a chance to swim in this pool. Meet the Sky Pool, a special outdoor pool in London's Nine Elms business district. The most distinct feature of this outdoor location is that it is suspended 35 meters above the ground between two residential buildings. The transparent pool is made of acrylic and can hold up to 148,000 gallons of water: The impressive sky pool is the centerpiece of Embassy Gardens, a new 2,000-home development in the Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station regeneration zone. When it opens, next month, Sky Pool will become the most exclusive place to take a dip in all of Britain. Sky Pool will nor only be offering swimmers breathtaking views of the House of Parliament, the London Eye and London's city skyline, but also the thrilling experience of floating in the air, tens of meters above ground, with nothing but a transparent layer of acrylic separating them from the chasm below. Apparently, transporting the bool from Colorado, over the Atlantic was an adventure in itself, but designing and installing it between the two new residential buildings was even more challenging, with engineers and workers having only inches of tolerance. Image via Oddity Central |
| Scientists Use Whale Wax To Solve The Mystery Behind The Supposed Da Vinci Sculpture Posted: 30 Apr 2021 02:24 PM PDT
Spoiler alert: the sculpture in question was not made by Da Vinci. A sculpture of Flora, the Roman goddess of flowering plants, has been the subject of long debates concerning its origins. Housed in the collection of Berlin's Bode Museum, the art piece has been investigated by a trio of researchers to prove that Da Vinci didn't create the sculpture. The team took samples from the bust and used radiocarbon dating and chemical analysis to pinpoint the work's creation to the 19th century, which is 300 years after Da Vinci's death: When the researchers analyzed samples taken from the bust, they determined that it was composed of spermaceti—a waxy material found in the heads of sperm whales and bottlenose whales—and beeswax. Per Mindy Weisberger of Live Science, spermaceti was rarely used by Renaissance artists but had become increasingly commonplace by the 18th century. At the time, noted Cosmos' Martin Harris in 2014, the wax was used in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, industrial lubricants and candles. The sculpture's blend of terrestrial and marine sources complicated the dating process, as "carbon consumed by the organisms in deep and shallow seawater is older than that consumed on land," write the authors in the study. The scholars add, "To further complicate the procedure, the location of the marine source"—in this instance, the whale that provided the spermaceti—"must be known to accurately calibrate marine material." To overcome these obstacles, the team developed an entirely new calibration method that took into account the amount of spermaceti versus beeswax present in the Flora bust. Per the Art Newspaper, the analysis yielded a date range of 1704 to 1950. Image via the Smithsonian |
| Posted: 30 Apr 2021 02:24 PM PDT
Instagram user In Love with Drinks offers this Last Word cocktail. This gin drink began in 1915 at the Detroit Athletic Club. It was popular during the Prohibition Era, then fell into obscurity until its revival last decade. To make one, you will need equal parts of gin, Chartreuse liqueur, lime juice, and maraschino liqueur. Drink and clear your mind of questions. -via Gastro Obscura |
| Posted: 30 Apr 2021 02:23 PM PDT
Loic Suberville gives us short and funny skits about the way languages are constructed and used. While no language is exempt, he has had a lot of fun with French as it is heard by English speakers. There seems to be a wide gap in how we use vowels. |
| The Historic Boston Dessert That Became a Japanese Favorite Posted: 30 Apr 2021 02:22 PM PDT
In the 21st century, we aren't all that impressed with gelatin dishes, so coffee jelly pretty much died out in America. However, in the past hundred years, it has traveled around the world and back again. Learn where you can find coffee jelly, plus a recipe for making your own at Atlas Obscura. |
| Meet Kiri, The Tiny Japanese Fire Truck in San Francisco Posted: 30 Apr 2021 01:20 PM PDT
This is a 1990 Daihatsu fire truck. It's not a toy or a model, but built for its stated purpose. It's also adorable. Owner Todd Lappin has named his new friend "Kiri". You can see Kiri on the streets of San Francisco. Although Kiri is not affiliated with the San Francisco Fire Department, it's fully functional and can fight fires. SFist reports: "I imported Kiri directly from Japan with a local importer I got to know," Lappin tells the paper. "Essentially it was retired by the town, went through the auction system. It sold for almost nothing, because who wants a 30-year-old tiny fire truck?" [...] Lappin had some experience importing a Japanese car previously, and after he got to know the ins and outs of the process, he decided to seek out something cooler and more unique for San Francisco, as a whim. Enter Kiri, which served a volunteer fire department in Kirigamine, Japan for about 30 years, and came to SF about five months into the pandemic. The truck is made to navigate hills and narrow streets, and it's never had its own water tank — it has a pump that relies on suction, so you just need to park it next to a pond and drop a hose in, and you're good to fight a fire. -via Super Punch | Photo: Kiri the Japanese Fire Truck |
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