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Why Some Drinks Seem to Make Hangovers Worse 

Image credit: Pexels Hangovers are horrible. No one wants to get them, but the only way to avoid them entirely is to avoid drinking, which isn’t exactly a fun proposition for those who would like to have a few cocktails…

Why Do People See Ghosts?

You live and then you die and then you rot in a hole—or so say the elites, with their glasses, and their PhDs in neuroscience. This bummer reality has never appealed much to Americans, 72% of whom believe in some…

Robot ants are here to terrify and impress you

‘BionicANTs’ by Festo are cooperative robotic ants that work together under set rules. The ants have a 3D stereo camera in their heads to identify nearby objects and contextualize the environment. The opto-electrical sensor in their abdomen can also recognize…

This 15 Pound Blanket Helped Rewire My Brain

Weighted Blanket by YnM Anxiety is like an incredibly annoying little brother. It is antagonistic, frustrating, and overwhelming 90% of the time. The other 10%, you forget it exists until you’re reminded of it with a sinking feeling in the…

TensorFlow lends a hand to build a rock-paper-scissors machine

Editor’s note: It’s hard to think of a more “analog” game than rock-paper-scissors. But this summer, one Googler decided to use TensorFlow, Google’s open source machine learning system, to build a machine that could play rock-paper-scissors. For more technical details…

Why are weddings so expensive?

Real quick: How much does the average wedding in the United States cost? If you guessed anything other than $35,329, you’d be wrong. How is it possible that someone can spend this much money on a single day? And how…