soap.systems on the crappiness of smart TVs
Smart ARSE, more like!
Knowable on the ‘growing link between microbes, mood and mental health’: New research suggests that to maintain a healthy brain, we should tend our gut microbiome. The best way to do that right now is not through pills and supplements, but better food.
All 13 full moons of 2023, courtesy of @moonwise8 on Instagram (h/t my partner)
Cedrick Fogwan: the Cameroonian conservationist aiming to save the goliath frog
A ribbeting read, heh heh.
Some arbitrary facts about the number 2024
New year, new number facts
The top 11 posts of 2023
Let’s see how we did!
Did you know that nuclear fission was discovered during Christmas?
Who swapped this coal for uranium in my Christmas sack?
IEEE Spectrum on An After-School Program Teaches Teens Java and Python: The students also learn how to design board games and video games
Shout out to two Cameroonian women—Sabine Adeline Fanta Yadang and Hadidjatou Daïrou—for winning the L’Oréal-Unesco Young Talent Award for Women in Science for their work on the potential of traditional medicinal plants in Cameroon for treating cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer’s
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Seirdy on search engines with their own indexes
Seek and you shall find.
Automate the watering of your Christmas tree with this tutorial
Zanussi is back with another Christmas tech project!
The “age” old question: How old is your dog in human years? The common answer is “multiply by 7” but there’s a better answer: 16 ln(dog’s age) + 31
Hackaday's Mining and Refining series looks at titanium
Have you got Sia stuck in your head too?
A blog post about tomato and tobacco plants
Yeah, tomacco science!
Shout out to Dr André Isaacs, the chemistry professor bringing joy and education via social media
‘It’s important to believe in your students.’
Some Christmas mathematics with lights around a tree
John D. Cook gave us an early Christmas hypothetical involving wrapping Christmas lights around a tree trunk to see what length of lights you’d need to make n turns around the tree.
How to browse the Web on a DOS PC with MicroWeb
Remember DOS? It’s back, in MicroWeb form. Or something.
Hey, it's a walnut Bluetooth speaker!
A cracking project? Sounds good to me!
Shout out to Dr. Muyinatu “Bisi” Bell who developed a new imaging algorithm to help dark-skinned patients
A breakthrough in photoacoustic imaging.
Scientific American wrote a profile about Rebecca Lee Crumpler, the U.S.’s first black female physician who cared for patients from cradle to grave
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