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  • Andrew Yi
    5:58 am Mon, Dec 26, 2022
    Researchers use biomimicry to enhance particle detection 16-fold by sniffing like dogs

    Throughout human history, dogs have long been one of the greatest tools we've honed for detecting scent, extending humanity's reach with capabilities fine enough to sense viruses, cancer, explosives, and… Read the rest of the article: Researchers use biomimicry to enhance particle detection 16-fold by sniffing like dogs

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  • Andrew Yi
    5:06 am Fri, Dec 23, 2022
    Stem cell treatment for Multiple Sclerosis could "revolutionize" care

    The StarMS study gains it's acronym from the trial name: Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation versus Alemtuzumab, Ocrelizumab, Ofatumumab or Cladribine in Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis, which "aims to compare the… Read the rest of the article: Stem cell treatment for Multiple Sclerosis could "revolutionize" care

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  • Andrew Yi
    7:42 am Thu, Dec 22, 2022
    Researchers discover how plants detect carbon dioxide and control their pores

    Scientist have long known that plants can sense Carbon Dioxide (CO2), and will rapidly open and close stomata (microscopic pores located on it's leaves shown in the highly magnified video… Read the rest of the article: Researchers discover how plants detect carbon dioxide and control their pores

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  • Andrew Yi
    6:48 am Thu, Dec 22, 2022
    Cold Sear method yields a fast, easy and delicious pan-seared steak

    The original technique is nothing new, but this is the first time I've seen the moniker "Cold Sear" applied to it, and just like Joanne Harris wrote in The Gospel… Read the rest of the article: Cold Sear method yields a fast, easy and delicious pan-seared steak

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  • Andrew Yi
    4:48 am Thu, Dec 22, 2022
    3M set 2025 deadline to stop producing Forever Chemicals

    3M announced plans to stop manufacturing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) substances by 2025. PFAS are used in consumer, commercial and industrial products, and is such a large part of 3M's… Read the rest of the article: 3M set 2025 deadline to stop producing Forever Chemicals

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  • Andrew Yi
    4:26 am Thu, Dec 22, 2022
    Krispy Kreme to deploy robots in factory stores within 18 months

    Krispy Kreme CEO Mike Tattersfield announced in a Yahoo Finance Live interview that automation is being tested with an expected $2 million annual savings resulting from robots taking over portions… Read the rest of the article: Krispy Kreme to deploy robots in factory stores within 18 months

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  • Andrew Yi
    6:48 am Tue, Dec 20, 2022
    r/OutOfTheLoop brings the uninitiated up to speed

    In the movie Amadeus, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart argues with Direktor Rosenberg, and kirks out after "Herr Direktor" declares that His Majesty has expressly forbidden ballet in operas, then ripped up… Read the rest of the article: r/OutOfTheLoop brings the uninitiated up to speed

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  • Andrew Yi
    4:41 am Tue, Dec 20, 2022
    The Soviet Union's TOPGUN counterpart

    Paper Skies delves into the elite 1521st Aviation Base Maryy "aggressor" squadrons located in Turkmenistan, known as the Soviet Union's TOPGUN counterpart; both schools were established around the early 1970s… Read the rest of the article: The Soviet Union's TOPGUN counterpart

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  • Andrew Yi
    5:55 am Sat, Dec 17, 2022
    Research raises hopes Fentanyl vaccine may be answer to Opioid Use Disorder

    A research team published an article in the journal Pharmaceutics, detailing a vaccine developed to cause immunized rats to produce anti-fentanyl antibodies which prevent fentanyl from entering the brain, and… Read the rest of the article: Research raises hopes Fentanyl vaccine may be answer to Opioid Use Disorder

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  • Andrew Yi
    6:18 am Wed, Dec 14, 2022
    You can visit Sir Isaac Newton's legendary "gravity tree"—and its many descendants and clones

    Part of Sir Isaac Newton's gravity genesis story involves a "Flower of Kent" apple tree at Woolsthorpe Manor in Lincolnshire, England, where a 23 year old Isaac Newton quarantined at… Read the rest of the article: You can visit Sir Isaac Newton's legendary "gravity tree"—and its many descendants and clones

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  • Andrew Yi
    8:13 am Tue, Dec 13, 2022
    Why hasn't this groundbreaking mess-handling tech resulted in a new generation of pooper-scoopers?

    Our first puppy will arrive at SEATAC airport tomorrow, so thoughts have been puppy-centric lately, and while ruminating on sanitary protocols, thoughts shifted to the SWITL technology, and how it… Read the rest of the article: Why hasn't this groundbreaking mess-handling tech resulted in a new generation of pooper-scoopers?

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  • Andrew Yi
    8:08 am Tue, Dec 13, 2022
    Great-Eared Nightjar looks like Batman absent-mindedly doodled it during a long, boring call with the commissioner

    Ranging from 12 to 16 inches (31 – 41 cm) the Great Eared Nightjar looks like the spirit animal of the Mech Batsuit that Batman created to fight Superman. Like… Read the rest of the article: Great-Eared Nightjar looks like Batman absent-mindedly doodled it during a long, boring call with the commissioner

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  • Andrew Yi
    5:30 am Mon, Dec 12, 2022
    The reason why Bokeh is spelled with an "h" at the end

    While reading a story about the myopic Hubble Telescope fiasco, the word "bokeh" struck me as a funny thing with it's unorthodox Romanized Japanese spelling, prompting me to ask out… Read the rest of the article: The reason why Bokeh is spelled with an "h" at the end

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  • Andrew Yi
    5:13 am Mon, Dec 12, 2022
    Figure skater Ilia Malinin earns "Quad God" title

    With his first clean, Quadruple Axel jump element landed at the U.S. International Figure Skating Classic in Lake Placid, New York, seventeen year old Ilia Malinin transcended the mere royal… Read the rest of the article: Figure skater Ilia Malinin earns "Quad God" title

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  • Andrew Yi
    3:38 am Mon, Dec 12, 2022
    The questionable authenticity of The Messiah Stradivarius violin

    Surrounded by some of it's most notable contemporaries worn smooth from use and the erosive passage of time counted in centuries, the Messiah Stradivarius violin greets visitors at the Ashmolean… Read the rest of the article: The questionable authenticity of The Messiah Stradivarius violin

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  • Andrew Yi
    7:02 am Sun, Dec 11, 2022
    Take a ride down memory lane in the Pontiac Fiero

    Designed in the shadow of the 1970s energy crisis, Pontiac selected the Italian word for "proud" when naming the Fiero; a car which became too much of exactly what the… Read the rest of the article: Take a ride down memory lane in the Pontiac Fiero

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  • Andrew Yi
    3:35 am Mon, Oct 31, 2022
    Basílica de la Sagrada Família to release final construction timeline in 2024

    Antoni Gaudí was a genius so far ahead of his time, that contemporaries often boxed him into the crude binary spectrum of madness and unconstrained enlightenment. While Basílica de la… Read the rest of the article: Basílica de la Sagrada Família to release final construction timeline in 2024

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  • Andrew Yi
    6:53 am Sun, Oct 30, 2022
    Pablo Picasso's teenage self portrait invites you to stare at his greatness

    While touring Museu Picasso, our guide whisked us through the museum like carving out the heart of a watermelon so one has the option to go back for more pithy… Read the rest of the article: Pablo Picasso's teenage self portrait invites you to stare at his greatness

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  • Andrew Yi
    5:17 am Sun, Oct 30, 2022
    Native American dogs also wiped out by European diseases

    According to TREY the Explainer, though Old World Europeans brought pestilence to the New World Americas, a fascinating tangent to this conquest arises from the European dogs that brought their… Read the rest of the article: Native American dogs also wiped out by European diseases

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  • Andrew Yi
    5:19 am Wed, Oct 19, 2022
    In the age of distraction, is it still possible to cross a busy Paris street by looking forward and walking at a steady pace?

    Prior the mass adoption of cell phones after Motorola's DynaTAC 8000x released in 1983, it was possible to cross the Place de la Concorde in the middle of rush hour… Read the rest of the article: In the age of distraction, is it still possible to cross a busy Paris street by looking forward and walking at a steady pace?

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