The most dangerous acids in the world, evaporated people in Japan, the synchronization of fireflies, Jung in a haunted house, and much more — all designed and selected so you can indulge in the best Recommended Links of the Week, the perfect way to procrastinate.
From the first observation of Mars to the little green men: "However, when Huygens observed his hourglass over the reddish surface of Mars, the idea of life on other planets inevitably caught on among scientists and philosophers, and some wanted to see in the whimsical Martian shapes something more than geography. It seems that Huygens himself, shortly before dying (which was when you could say such things without too much fear of the consequences), said that the observed signals were proof that there was plant and animal life on Mars, which would undoubtedly be adapted to the planet's cold temperatures."
What if there are remains of other civilizations in our solar system?: "The author of the study has proposed an equation to estimate the number of extraterrestrial artifacts that could currently exist in our solar system. But, as with the famous Drake equation, which attempts to approximate the number of intelligent civilizations in our galaxy, we still do not have enough data to obtain precise results with it. More interesting are the strategies proposed in the study to detect those hypothetical ancient alien artifacts in our solar system."
What do we know about China's crewed mission to Mars in 2033?: "In recent days, many headlines have appeared referring to a supposed crewed mission to Mars that China plans to carry out in 2033. However, and before going into details, I'm afraid we must pour cold water on our space-crazed hopes, because it must be made clear that no, for the moment the Asian country has no official plan to send a human being to the red planet. So where does this information come from?"
China destroys Google with the most powerful quantum computer on the planet: "A team of engineers from the University of Science and Technology of China claims to have achieved the most powerful quantum computer on the planet. According to their test, the Chinese computer solved in just over an hour a problem that the most powerful traditional supercomputer in the world would have taken eight years to solve. And this is only the beginning, they say."
Johatsu, the evaporated people who abandon their identity in Japan: "The loss of a job, a failed marriage or debts push some Japanese to 'evaporate' and start over elsewhere. This phenomenon began to occur in the late sixties, after the premiere of 'A Man Vanishes', although it experienced its boom thirty years later. In Japanese, the word is johatsu or 'evaporated people'. Tormented by the shame of losing their job, a failed marriage or debts, thousands of Japanese citizens have begun to abandon their identities and seek refuge in anonymity, outside the world they know."
The 4 most dangerous acids in the world: "Sulfuric and nitric acids are strong, but they don't even come close to being the worst acids. There are four acids that are considerably more dangerous, including one that dissolves your body from the inside out and another that devours solids like the corrosive blood of the creature in the Alien movies. What is considered the worst acid? If you have ever had the misfortune of meeting any of the strong acids up close and personal, such as sulfuric or nitric acid, you know that the chemical burn is very similar to a hot coal falling on your clothes or skin."
Why do fireflies synchronize?: "The synchronization of fireflies is an old mystery. For at least three centuries, travelers returning from Southeast Asia reported having observed how these insects coordinated their light signals and generated a glorious and intriguing nocturnal spectacle on the banks of rivers. Already in the 1960s, researchers John and Elisabeth Buck captured several dozen fireflies around Bangkok and took them to their hotel room, where they found that these creatures synchronized in the dark, adjusting their rhythms to the flashes emitted by others."
The terrifying experience of Carl Jung in a haunted house: "Throughout his stay there, a general feeling of unease prevented him from resting well at night. Mr. X [in a decision we endorse] recommended drinking a bottle of beer before going to bed, which produced a relaxing effect, but only temporarily. Carl Jung, sleepless, tried to identify what the smell reminded him of, until finally the image of an old woman with an open carcinoma, whom he had treated in the hospital, came to mind. The smell reminded him of her room."
Keys to the REvil hack: a million computers kidnapped and a rescue of 70 million dollars: "Between 800 and 1,500 companies around the world have been affected by a ransomware attack centered on Kaseya, an American company that provides software tools to other information technology companies, according to Reuters. How much is what has already been dubbed the biggest ransomware cyberattack in history affecting? (...) Although we could speak of a magnitude almost without precedent, since Kaseya provides services to 36,000 corporate clients on all continents."
Conan or the pop superman: "Until recently I had not understood why the Conan the Barbarian film attracted me more than its comics. I thought: 'but if it's a B-movie, how can it seem more attractive to me than those panels of the colossus, which seem almost in motion?' The resolution of my doubt came when I understood the reason why Jon Milius had included at the beginning of the film the phrase attributed to Nietzsche: 'What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.' And it is that the film is a thematic recreation of Nietzschean philosophy adapted to modern media."
A Clockwork Orange, 50 years later: "McDowell remembers Kubrick as a close person with whom you could talk, but without going into excessive details about the form or the interpretive method. Stanley Kubrick could not stand conversations between actors and the director beyond the scene they were preparing. In 'A Clockwork Orange', Kubrick gave his protagonist quite a bit of leeway to improvise scenes, something McDowell appreciated, acknowledging that he could not have played this role at another time in his life."
The forgotten Christian practice of self-castration: "One of the most common criticisms of Christianity is that its dogmas move away from the words of Jesus and focus on later interpretations and currents of thought. One of the consequences of this is the usual rejection of abortion and homosexuality. What is not so well known is that one of the ancient practices that also ended up being prohibited was self-castration, which favored sexual continence. This habit is based on the interpretation of Jesus' words in Matthew 19:12."
Videos
- A beaver gnawing wood up close
- the physics of Slinkys
- the first spacewalk at the Chinese Space Station
- the game where you can't fail
- championship chess pieces
- insect robot solves maze in seconds
- an intense calico kitten in super 3D
- when FPS equals RPM
- time-lapse video of Mount St. Helens
- the darkest place on Earth
- a giant rhino with an even bigger horn
- a hobbit village for mice
- chicks growing outside the egg
- toad eating worms
- the speed of light at different distances
- to infinity and beyond
- the evolution of first-person games
- carnivorous plant with digested mouse
Galleries
Oops! So few galleries! I promise to get my act together and see if I can expand my sources and bring you more and better, but the web is getting dumber and dumber. Or maybe it's me, so burned out that everything seems the same, bad or silly. Anyway... Horrible design errors, To Our Glorious Future by Ben Ashton, Grumpy Cat in Disney movies, cursed aesthetics, skeletons everywhere, Ozzy ironing a baby, kittens of 1911, art in pencil mines, the Animated Dump of the Week and the Visual Dump.
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