Archive for October 27th, 2020

A Journey In The Ice Age

<p>Around 10,000-15,000 years ago, a person small in stature, possibly a young teenager or a short adult woman from the Pleistocene period, traveled across the ancient White Sands without a group. That pers...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/27/A-Journey-In-The-Ice-Age/

Analyzing Word Usage To Assess The Risk of Alzheimer’s

<p>Artificial intelligence has played a big role in many advancements in medicine, and it once again did just that in this scientific study. This time, AI helped in assessing a person’s risk of having...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/27/Analyzing-Word-Usage-To-Assess-The-Risk-of-Alzheimer-s/

It’s A Self-Driving Tesla!

Driving requires intense focus on the part of the driver. He has to be aware of his surroundings by regularly scanning the environment. He also has to keep a good eye on road signs. In short, driving is a difficult activ...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/27/It-s-A-Self-Driving-Tesla/

Cooking With Non-Stick Pans: Is It Safe?

<p>Removing charred remains of food in your pans as you wash them is one of the most difficult things to do, and this reason alone makes non-stick pans a tempting alternative for those who love to be in the...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/27/Cooking-With-Non-Stick-Pans-Is-It-Safe/

"Smells Like Teen Spirit" Sung in Latin

The grunge classic by Nirvana is way, way older than 1991. YouTube user The Miracle Aligner offers this translation and performance. The channel also brings us "On Melancholy Hill" in Middle Scots, "The House of the Risi...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/27/Smells-Like-Teen-Spirit-Sung-in-Latin/

Serotonin and Brain Development

<p>Serotonin is one of the happy hormones that our body produces, with the others being oxytocin and endorphins. And it is with good reason that serotonin belongs to the group. This hormone promotes good sl...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/27/Serotonin-and-Brain-Development/

Vulcan Salute Mittens

Etsy member Jennifer Symons made these cute mittens. They automatically put your fingers into the position of the Vulcan salute.Do you know the origin of this gesture from Star Trek? Memory Alpha describes how L...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/27/Vulcan-Salute-Mittens/

Beccari’s Watercolor Paintings Showcase The Tranquility In Rippling Water

<p>At first glance, the amount of detail in the water can make you believe that the paintings are actual photographs of people enjoying the water. <a href="https://marcosbeccari.com/" target=&q...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/27/Beccari-s-Watercolor-Paintings-Showcase-The-Tranquility-In-Rippling-Water/

100 Years of Broomcraft

Most of us look at a broom as a mere housekeeping tool, but when you consider the history of the broom as a traditional folk art, a broom can be a thing of beauty. Berea College in Kentucky is a hub of traditional Appala...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/27/100-Years-of-Broomcraft/

Photographer Tracks Down The Couple In His Epic Drone Shot

<p>This photograph of a lovely couple by Antonie Tissier was not planned. Tissier happened to shoot the couple while shooting in Chicago with his drone. He was just flying his drone to get photographs of th...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/27/Photographer-Tracks-Down-The-Couple-In-His-Epic-Drone-Shot/

This Dwelling Has A Rooftop Pool Supported By Circular Patios

<p>The dwelling looks like a mechanical gear from afar. We’re used to seeing cube or rectangular shaped buildings that we forget that it’s possible to build impressive structures in different sh...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/27/This-Dwelling-Has-A-Rooftop-Pool-Supported-By-Circular-Patios/

Technically Legal

The way laws are written often include some carveouts and exceptions, which we just call loopholes. Tom Scott takes advantage of a loophole in British liquor laws to open a working bar in a moving hovercraft. While this...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/27/Technically-Legal/

The Recycling Myth We Still Believe

<p>Did you believe that throwing the plastic waste you have in the proper ‘recycling bins’ was the key to saving the environment? Here’s another question: did you believe that you‘ve...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/27/The-Recycling-Myth-We-Still-Believe/

This Family Built A 'Candypult' For A Safer Halloween

Now this is innovation. A family in Pennsylvania wanted to keep trick-or-treating safe without totally cancelling the Halloween tradition, so they made their own machine for the event! Their solution is a treat-launching...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/27/This-Family-Built-A-Candypult-For-A-Safer-Halloween/

Hatshepsut: The Forgotten Pharaoh

<p>Did you know that there was a female pharaoh who ruled ancient Egypt? You may have seen her mentioned in passing, but it was never fully explained in the articles that I’ve read as to how this fema...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/27/Hatshepsut-The-Forgotten-Pharaoh/

Escaped Cloned Female Mutant Crayfish Take Over Belgian Cemetery

Take another look at the headline, then check your 2020 Bingo card. The species Procambarus virginalis, also known as marbled crayfish, arose about 25 years ago, possibly from selective breeding by German pet ve...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/27/Escaped-Cloned-Female-Mutant-Crayfish-Take-Over-Belgian-Cemetery/

Washington, D.C., and the Quest for a Perfectly Square City

In the early years of the United States, the federal government was a moving target, as Congress met in Philadelphia, New York, and some other towns, until a capital could be built. The town of Washington was a planned c...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/27/Washington-DC-and-the-Quest-for-a-Perfectly-Square-City/

Kill Your Idioms

English idioms, similes, catch phrases, and colloquialisms make perfect sense if you've heard them all your life, but are pretty nonsensical when you approach them literally. Grant Kolton illustrates some of them for us...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/27/Kill-Your-Idioms/

Animals Keep Evolving Into Crabs, Which Is Somewhat Disturbing

What animals are crabs descended from? More than one. It turns out that various earlier species evolved into crabs at least five different times. This process is called carcinisation, or the tendency for adaptations to p...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/27/Animals-Keep-Evolving-Into-Crabs-Which-Is-Somewhat-Disturbing/

Be Your Own Boss

Brian David Gilbert explains how he makes $20,000 a month by working from home, and you can, too. The video starts off like any multi-level marketing pitch, but soon lapses into a comedy, and eventually becomes a horror...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/27/Be-Your-Own-Boss/

These Simple Additions Can Raise Your House’s Value

<p>If you’re planning to sell your house in the future, or just plain curious to know the worth of your house, planting a few shrubs and plants can increase the monetary value of your home. That&rsquo...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/27/These-Simple-Additions-Can-Raise-Your-House-s-Value/

How Did Keyboard Cat Rise To Popularity?

<p><a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/keyboard-cat" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Keyboard Cat</a> was one of the biggest memes of the previ...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/27/How-Did-Keyboard-Cat-Rise-To-Popularity/

Private Investigator Finds The Impostor In Among Us

<p>Among Us tests your detective and survival skills in one intense game of spaceship repair. What happens if you play with an experienced investigator? Chaos, that’s all. It’s still the same ch...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/10/27/Private-Investigator-Finds-The-Impostor-In-Among-Us/




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