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"Sleep researchers discovered the "first-night effect" decades ago, when they began studying people in sleep labs. The first night in a lab, a person's sleep is usually so bad that researchers simply toss out any data they collect. But Sasaki wanted to know what was going on in the brain during that first night."

The human brain tends to optimize for certain types of situations…but those optimizations can turn into big mistakes in an emergency. Like going back into a burning building for your wallet, because you always make sure you grab your wallet when you leave the house.

"How to setup your website so you too can have a fancy author tag when your posts are shared"

They have a rather low opinion of distros that "only" repackage things.

Minimum viable implementation suitable for IndieWeb publishing.

"Plant growth is accelerating on the Antarctic Peninsula and nearby islands."

It turns out at least four people claim authorship.

Science-fiction illustrations from 1930–1970, many of them from Soviet/Eastern Bloc countries.