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The Japanese Government is Backing this Futuristic Wearable Sleepwear | Spoon & Tamago
According to an OECD study conducted a few years ago, Japanese sleep the shortest among all 33 member countries. And Japan’s own internal statistics showed that roughly 40% of their population gets less than six hours of sleep. This alarming … Continue reading
Timo Fahler’s Stained-Glass Sculptures Question Symbols and Curtailed Freedoms | Colossal
February 5, 2025 Art Social Issues Kate Mothes “give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside … Continue reading
BBC World Service – Tech Life, China’s AI world
As DeepSeek shocked the world, we speak to an AI expert who worked at a Chinese AI firm. We hear about a new battery exchange system for EVs in Addis Ababa. And imagine a world without potholes – we’ve got … Continue reading
Why This Weird Compass Was Such a Big Deal
What happens when your magnetic compass starts spinning in the wilderness? Meet William Austin Burt, who took that as a cue to invent something new. Special thanks to the Marquette Regional History Center for access to their library and solar … Continue reading
Did Vikings Use These Crystals To Navigate?
The Vikings were renowned navigators at a time before magnetic compasses were invented. So how’d they manage it? Their secret may have been these pretty-pointed crystals of calcite called Iceland spar, and this month’s SciShow Rocks Box subscribers will get … Continue reading
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