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List of alchemical substances - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

“Many of these terms were in common use into the 20th century.”...

INTERPRETATIONS OF POWERS OF 10 (lemmy.sdf.org)

A nice trip up and down the scale of things. I especially like the ones from 10^1 to 10^14, inhumane numbers attempting to be brought to a human scale....

Figs and Fig Wasps coupled sexual reproduction (www.scanofthemonth.com)

Figs and fig wasps have a tightly coordinated reproductive cycle, and have been cospeciating for 70 to 90 million years. The pollination of figs is accomplished in an internal cavity only accessible to a specific species of wasp. The wasp enters through an opening that is only just large enough for it to get through, loosing...

An introduction to Shader Art Coding (www.youtube.com)

A very good introduction to shader programming, goes through all the basics and offers lots of tools to help get you started. Get out there a program a shader.

Scientists Recreate Pink Floyd Song by Reading Brain Signals of Listeners (journals.plos.org)

Reconstruction of auditory stimulus from intracranial electroencephalograms....

List of unusual deaths - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

Some very strange ways some people have apparently died....

The Yandex Leak: How a Russian Search Giant Uses Consumer Data (www.confiant.com)

Yandex software source code leak examined, and some history about the companies relationship to the Russian government. An interesting look at what goes on under the hood of a big data advertising business like Google....