Dribbling Teapots

"Dribble no more: Physics can help combat that pesky 'teapot effect'". (Via H.R.)

Evacuating Planes

"How to Evacuate an Aircraft After a Crash".

tldr; don't take your bags

Breakfast Rebel

"I Broke Breakfast: Americans eat a narrower variety of foods for breakfast than anyone else. It doesn’t have to be this way."

Year In Space

NYT: "Scott Kelly Spent a Year in Orbit. His Body Is Not Quite the Same."

Compared to his twin brother who stayed on Earth:

DNA mutated in some of his cells. His immune system produced a host of new signals. His microbiome gained new species of bacteria. 

Many of these biological changes seemed harmless, disappearing after he returned to Earth. But others — including genetic mutations and, after his return, declines in cognitive test scores — did not correct themselves, provoking concern among scientists.

Thinking About Coffee

"Just thinking about coffee can improve your focus, researchers say"

14-Digit Phone Numbers

"Japan plans to create 10 billion 14-digit phone numbers as 5G era nears"

Deepest Hole

"The deepest hole we have ever dug"

Twisted Graphene

"How Twisted Graphene Became the Big Thing in Physics"

Bank Comics

"New Comic Books from the Federal Reserve Bank".

One sample below:

Video Thomas

"Why are people modding Thomas the Tank Engine into video games?"

Bad Drugs

"Blow up: How half a tonne of cocaine transformed the life of an island"

Blood Delivery Drones

"In the Air With Zipline's Medical Delivery Drones
". (Via H.R.)

Lifetime Hotel Ban Rescinded

Hilarious story: "Nova Scotia man whose Victoria hotel room was destroyed by seagulls allowed to return after 17-year ban". (Via R.G.)

Quantum Cheshire Cats

"Spin-Swapping Particles Could Be 'Quantum Cheshire Cats'"

Mysterious Key Jamming

"Car Keys Mysteriously Stopped Working in This Small Ohio Town, And We Now Know Why". (Via H.R.)

Tolkien Biopic

"Birth of Middle Earth: Tolkien biopic explores beloved author's early years"

New Viruses

"Almost 200,000 Never-Before-Seen Viruses Were Just Discovered Hidden in Our Oceans "

Google Privacy

"Limit How Long Google Keeps Your Data With This Overdue Setting"

DOD And UFOs

"What The Hell Is Going On With UFOs And The Department Of Defense?"

Beer Crisis

"'English and Irish fans drink the most': Japan is warned of a Rugby World Cup beer shortage"

Japanese Precision Walking

"Shuudan Koudou Is the Japanese Art of Synchronized Precision Walking":

If you want the really good stuff, skip to ~1:35 in the first video to watch two columns of quick-walking students march backwards through each other. Whoa.

Video link #1.



Video link #2

High Resolution Update

"Color-Changing LEDs Pave the Way to Impossibly High Screen Resolutions"

Google Updates

"Everything Big Google Announced at I/O Today"

Making Science Better

Dr. Dorothy Bishop: "Rein in the four horsemen of irreproducibility"