Americaās war on drugs has led to censorship of critical research. Hereās how one drug education advocate is fighting back. (via āŖ@freethinkā¬)
The global 3D printing industry has come together to build millions of emergency medical gear for frontline workers in record time. The catch? All of it's in the cloud. (viaāŖ@Seekerā¬)
The pickup truck has become a symbol of Americana. But across the pond, you wont see a pickup truck enter the top 10 best-selling vehicles. So why didn't Europeans pickup the pickup craze? (via āŖ@cheddarā¬)
10,000 Major League Baseball players and employees are participating in the nationās largest coronavirus antibody study to date. (via āŖ@freethinkā¬)
Dr. David Strayer discovered some people arenāt so easily distracted: about 2-3% of the population has a startling ability to do multiple things at once, without their performance suffering at either task. He calls them āsupertaskers.ā He created an online quiz where you can discover if youāre a supertasker, too.
The makers of SoaPen, a hybrid between liquid soap and a marker, are hoping that their product gets more kids to wash their hands by making it fun for everyone. (via āŖ@freethinkā¬)
Hyperaccumulators are plants that have evolved to absorb metal from the soil, and a group of researchers is currently working on extracting it from them. (via āŖ@Seekerā¬)
Our global reliance on China for the ingredients that make up most of our medicines has long been a concern, but the world largely accepted the trade-off between consolidation risks and cost. However, Covid-19 could change how dependent the world is on China for drugs.
Our newest episode of Because China is out now! Full video: qz.com/1842667/covid-19-may-disrupt-chinas-role-inā¦
Shimon is an AI capable of writing its own music. Could this be the rise of the robot music industry? (via āŖ@freethinkā¬)
As the world scrambles to find a vaccine for Covid-19, many are wondering how viable these fast vaccines areāand when one will be ready. (via āŖ@Seekerā¬)
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