Talented and dedicated engineers spent countless hours designing Japan’s rail system to be one of the world’s most efficient. Could have just asked a slime mold. When presented with oat flakes arranged in the pattern of Japanese cities around Tokyo, brainless, single-celled slime molds construct networks of nutrient-channeling tubes that are strikingly similar to the […]
— Read on www.wired.com/2010/01/slime-mold-grows-network-just-like-tokyo-rail-system/amp
Cybercriminals Are Doing Their Homework in Latest Banking Scam – Slashdot
The con starts off as many that target individuals do nowadays: With a text message. In this case it’s not a phishing attempt, it’s an attempt to ascertain whether the person receiving the message is susceptible to further manipulation. Posing as the target’s bank, the message asks whether a large charge ($5,000 in the example the FBI gives) was legitimate and asks for a reply of YES or NO.
— Read on m.slashdot.org/story/398738
Dallas Got Rick Rolled With a Giant QR Code on April Fools Day | Dallas Observer
Sky Elements Drone Shows organized a drone display over downtown Dallas on Friday just for a really big joke.
— Read on www.dallasobserver.com/music/dallas-got-rick-rolled-with-a-giant-qr-code-on-april-fools-day-13716928
Digitizing audio that’s been unheard for about 100 years : NPR
The New York Public Library recently received a machine that will read cracked and scratched wax cylinders — which include some of the earliest recorded audio.
— Read on www.npr.org/2022/04/05/1090819310/mystery-recordings-will-now-be-heard-for-the-first-time-in-about-100-years
Earthworms Are Invasive – and Likely Hurting Insects – in Much of North America – Slashdot
Earthworms Are Invasive – and Likely Hurting Insects – in Much of North America – Slashdot
— Read on m.slashdot.org/story/398162
How ‘Crazy Eddie’ Electronics Chain Scammed America – Slashdot
How ‘Crazy Eddie’ Electronics Chain Scammed America – Slashdot
— Read on m.slashdot.org/story/397965
The Future is Vast: Longtermism’s perspective on humanity’s past, present, and future – Our World in Data
If we manage to avoid a large catastrophe, we are living at the early beginnings of human history
— Read on ourworldindata.org/longtermism
A Cosmic Web Connecting the Universe Shapes Dark Matter In Galaxies, Study Finds – Slashdot
A Cosmic Web Connecting the Universe Shapes Dark Matter In Galaxies, Study Finds – Slashdot
— Read on m.slashdot.org/story/397511
The new silent majority: People who don’t tweet
The rising power and prominence of the nation’s loudest, meanest voices distort our reality.
— Read on www.axios.com/political-polarization-twitter-cable-news-ac9699c6-260d-4141-b511-5c7193566ea1.html
Venting doesn’t work.
The results consistently find that those who vent do not show lower subsequent levels of aggression; in fact, their scores for anger and aggression end up slightly higher after
— Read on slate.com/technology/2022/03/venting-makes-you-feel-worse-psychology-research.html
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