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Man dies after eating raw octopus that was still moving and got stuck in his throat
Via: Hal A. Lujah • News & Politics • 39 Comments • 5 Likes • 11 months ago
“The 82 year old man, passed away choking on a piece of octopus, known as san-nakji, with its tentacles still moving in the southern city of...”
Pictorial: Nissan's "Urban EV GoKart" 20-30 Concept
Via: Hal A. Lujah • Health, Science & Technology • 11 Comments • 6 Likes • last year
“Today EVs represent 16% of Nissan's total sales in Europe, part of a total electrified sales mix of 50%, which in the coming three years is...”
Nissan has released the first imagery of its 20-30 Concept, a sporty Micra-sized EV with bold sports styling. The plan is that by 2028, Nissan EVs will have solid-state batteries, reducing the cost of electrical energy storage by 65%, and enabling pocket rocket hot hatches just like this. While...
Inventor ponders ethics of wiring human brain tissue into computers
Via: Hal A. Lujah • Health, Science & Technology • 23 Comments • 5 Likes • last year
“Cortical Labs is an Australian company doing some mind-boggling work integrating human brain tissue, grown from stem cells, into silicon...”
Parasite turns hapless ants into zombies at sunrise and sunset
Via: Hal A. Lujah • Stranger Than Fiction • 1 Comments • 4 Likes • last year
“Hijacking the body of another animal is nothing new in the opportunistic world of parasitism. But for the first time, scientists have observed how...”
Danish artist ordered to repay museum after delivering blank canvases : NPR
Via: Hal A. Lujah • Photography & Art • 10 Comments • 4 Likes • last year
“Denmark's Kunsten Museum loaned artist Jens Haaning about $76,400 to create two pieces of modern art. Instead, he submitted two blank canvases and...”
Oliver Anthony Is a Huge Improvement Over Kid Rock and Ted Nugent
Via: Hal A. Lujah • News & Politics • 8 Comments • 3 Likes • last year
“Oliver Anthony has become MAGA favorite. But his spare, mournful songs make him a vast improvement over the schlock-rock that conservatives usually...”