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TIL that it may be faster for humans to run on all fours. ( www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov )
The fastest human on the planet might be a quadrupedal runner at the 2048 Olympics, which may be achieved by shifting up to the rotary gallop and taking longer strides with wide sagittal trunk motion. More generally, investigation of quadrupedal running will not only result in the development of new techniques that allow...
Correct, madam
'Party Bus' banned from professional bull riding after frightening escape ( www.koin.com )
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A cool guide to The Ultimate Burritos ( i.redd.it )
https://www.reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/1cyuk6l/a_cool_guide_to_the_ultimate_burritos/...
Neil Cicierega - Floor Corn ( www.youtube.com )
From the album "Mouth Moods," part of Neil's series exploring the ways to mash songs together, through the lens of Smash Mouth's effect on meme culture.
Freeloader ( sh.itjust.works )
https://mastodon.social/@bhasic/112464688887406110
AI Voice Cloning Pushes 91% of Banks to Rethink Verification ( www.bankinfosecurity.com )
BioCatch Survey Report Focuses on New AI-Based Risks and Fraud-Fighting SolutionsBanks are concerned about advancements in voice-cloning technology and the threat it poses to authentication. The failure of identity-centric solutions to combat synthetic identity fraud has convinced 91% of U.S. banks to reconsider their use of...
Sample gut flora of people with "auto-brewery syndrome", culture the samples, and sell them in pill form to DUI lawyers for their clients.
This is a shitty idea because anyone driving under the influence deserves to be tried and punished for their actions. But if this could be done, you'd have no trouble selling each pill for $1000....
anon has gone too far ( lemmy.world )
Chinese swimmers won Olympic golds after testing positive for banned drug as World Anti-Doping Agency accepted 'contaminated kitchen' explanation by Chinese authorities ( www.theguardian.com )
Twenty-three Chinese swimmers tested positive for the banned drug TMZ months before the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, it has emerged. However, they were cleared to compete at the Games after the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) accepted an explanation from the Chinese authorities that the kitchen at their hotel was contaminated....
China has been bribing UN officials to obtain “special benefits” and to block funding from countries that have diplomatic ties with Taiwan, whistleblower and former UN employee says ( www.taipeitimes.com )
The families of non-governmental organization (NGO) delegates to the UN were visited by Chinese police and “forced to phone them to tell them to stop their advocacy, arbitrarily arrested, placed under house arrest for the period of the meeting, disappeared, sentenced to long prison terms without cause, tortured, or, as regards...
Although not peer reviewed or replicated, a NASA veteran claims their Propellantless Propulsion Drive, that physics says shouldn’t work, just produced enough thrust to overcome Earth’s gravity ( thedebrief.org )
Netflix True Crime Producer Responds to AI Allegations in "What Jennifer Did" Documentary ( futurism.com )
Wizards Of The Coast President Cynthia Williams Steps Down ( dungeonsanddragonsfan.com )
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