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rhollos··on Electronics from Peanut Shells
Balla Ngom has developed a sustainable energy-storage device that is made from agricultural byproducts.
rhollos··on Life lessons from a physicist gravely ill with brain cancer
From a talk by Stephanie Viola Chasteen on receiving the 2024 Lillian McDermott medal lecture. Entire talk here: https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0234015
rhollos··on Opinions Become Chaotic
Sarah Marzen finds that potential sociological strategies for combatting the spread of disinformation can have the opposite effect, leading to a population with more polarized or chaotic views.
rhollos··on Twitter users jump to Mastodon, but what is it?
If you're considering Mastodon, you might want to instead use Pleroma (https://pleroma.social/) which provides access to Mastodon instances but is less demanding of computing resources, and easier to create your own instance (if you choose to go that route) as it has fewer dependencies.
rhollos··on The surprising thing ancient mummies tell us about what to eat
This article explodes the myth that by doing exercise you can compensate for eating badly, that is eating animal products. The person who has probably exercised more than anyone else in this world is the explorer Ranulph Fiennes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranulph_Fiennes), who has had a double heart bypass operation.