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"A new study shows the pollen a queen bee eats affects the survival of her nest"

A fascinating look at historical descriptions and illustrations either known to be, or matching up with, migraine auras.
"Visual depictions of auras offer an inside peek into the sensory chaos that lies behind a migraine’s debilitating pain."

"The rule could generate up to $34.8 billion in health benefits each year."

JSON-based protocol for email clients designed by Fastmail, similar to IMAP in concept but trying to solve real-world shortcomings including spotty network connections, runs over HTTPS

"On flight day 13 (November 28, 2022) of the Artemis I mission, the Orion spacecraft reached its maximum distance from its home world. Over 430,000 kilometers from Earth in a distant retrograde orbit, Orion surpassed the record for most distant spacecraft designed to carry humans. That record was previously set in 1970 during the Apollo 13 mission to the Moon. Both Earth and Moon are in the same field of view in this video frame from Orion on Artemis I mission flight day 13. The planet and its large natural satellite even appear about the same apparent size from the uncrewed spacecraft's perspective. "

"Fallible tech doesn’t get better when it’s backstopped by fallible humans, especially humans most government agencies feel don’t need any specific training prior to operating facial recognition systems."

Stable, capable desktop email application, works well with multiple accounts including Gmail, Nextcloud, easy to set up and use but with advanced settings when you need them. Open source and Free Software.

Feed readers that will sync with Nextcloud News, for lots of mobile and desktop systems. I'm already using NewsFlash on Linux and Nextcloud News Reader on Android. Windows and macOS appear to only have RSS Guard and Fluent Reader as options

"The steel man is the opposite of the straw man. It's being charitable, and building up the best possible form of the argument for the other side."

"Located in Central California, just west of the town of Lone Pine, the Alabama Hills are one of Hollywood’s least famous but most filmed stars. Less “hills” and more giant huddled masses of stone, they are identifiable by the surprising smoothness of their rounded contours, which creates a gorgeous contrast with the sharp lines of the Sierra Nevada mountains that form their backdrop."