Tag Archives: Technology

licia (@astra99.bsky.social) | Stanford research suggests our brain isn’t one organ but two.

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How Portishead chopped Isaac Hayes

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The Nagaoka Fireworks Festival is one of Japan’s three great fireworks shows, held along the Shinano River in Nagaoka, Niigata.

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Britain Just Ordered 29 Battery Trains – What Each One Costs and Why They Beat Overhead Wires

[…] Britain Just Ordered 29 Battery Trains – What Each One Costs and Why They Beat Overhead Wires Britain has ordered 29 Alstom battery-electric trains for TransPennine Express in a deal worth roughly £1 billion (~$800M for the trains, ~$200M … Continue reading →

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Why Don’t We Eat Duck Eggs Everywhere If Ducks Lay Almost as Fast as Chickens

27 Aug 2026 A single Khaki Campbell duck can lay over 340 nutrient-dense eggs a year—easily outproducing the standard industrial chicken. Yet today, chickens supply more than 92% of the world’s 1.6 trillion eggs. The reason you don’t eat duck … Continue reading →

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The Sheng is one of China’s oldest instruments, dating back to 1100BCE. This is a modern version of it

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The Solar Railway That Could Solve a Much Bigger Problem.

20 Sept 2026 What if the biggest challenge facing solar power isn’t making the panels cheaper, but finding somewhere to put them? From solar panels between railway tracks in Switzerland to photovoltaic motorway noise barriers in South Korea, engineers are … Continue reading →

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How did scientists measure the body temperature of T. rex? #dinosaurs #learning #science #paleo

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These stairs in the public library… (Paris, France)

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How Did We Miss a Galaxy Orbiting Right Next to Us?

  17 Sept 2026 ✪ Members first on 16 September 2026 #rubin #verarubinobservatory #galaxySupport this channel on Patreon to help me make this a full time job: / whatdamath (Unreleased videos, extra footage, DMs, no ads)Alternatively, PayPal donations can be … Continue reading →

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