It’s pretty safe to say that, in general, we as humans like to live long and prosper. To that end, we’re constantly developing new and innovative ways to stave off our eventual demise. We’re pretty good at it, too. The average life expectancy is rising pretty much all around the world. It’s thanks to leaps …
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When we start talking about robots and the future, they usually get a bit of a bad rap. On the milder end of the scale, we’re worried about them replacing human workforce and contributing to unemployment. On the other end, we got the full-blown robot uprising. Think about Terminator or The Matrix. That kind of …
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There’s not much good that’s come out of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. But at least it’s giving us new, fascinating insights about the humans. In June, a Swiss study discovered what kind of personality traits fueled the toilet paper hoarding brought on by the initial coronavirus panic. Now, a Brazilian team of researchers has found …
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Did you already read our article about the advances the CBD industry has made in 2020? The products have gotten more effective, cheaper, and more consistent in quality. The increased quality and potency of CBD has opened whole new avenues of use for the stuff. One of the more novel uses for CBD has emerged …
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Flying Cars – Coming Soon to a Neighborhood Near You! We’re already living in the future in many ways. We have incredible powerful pocket-sized computers, can contact people on the other side of the world in the blink of an eye, and even 3D print physical objects out of thin air (and some plastic filament). …
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We’ve been on a bit of a toilet spree with our stories lately. Just in the last week, we’ve covered an Amazon delivery man who dropped off more than just a package on a woman’s yard and Japan’s transparent toilets. We have a good streak going on here, so let’s continue in the same vein. …
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Hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean runs from June through November. It’s half the year when giant storms sweep along the coast with high winds and heavy rainfall. As someone who’s grown up in the desert, fearing a hurricane wasn’t a thought until I saw the damage Katrina caused. The Category 5 storm destroyed New …
We all know what water is supposed to look like. It’s usually depicted as blue, but in reality the color varies based on lighting and other factors. The same body of water might look anything from blue to green to pitch black. If there’s a lot of sand and mud, it might be a murky …
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Have you ever felt really, really old? This author just recently changed the first number of his age to three, and I can certainly say that on some mornings I really feel like a geezer. Of course, age is relative. For example, the oldest known living person – thought at the time of writing to …
Ah, the miracles of modern medicine. What would the world be without them? Thanks to medicinal science, we’re able to not die at the ripe age of 30 as was the tradition for thousands of years. We’ve eradicated entire diseases. We can repair limbs that have been mangled beyond recognition, and successfully treat conditions that …
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