FOUND THIS WEEK

Reddit user Ssmallfry manually tracked the sleep times of their new bord daughter for one year, and made a graph!

Read more about A Year Of Newborn Sleep

Antibiotic Supercharging Antibacterial Gold Particles

Researchers from the Southern University of Science and Technology and Fudan University in China and the University of Leeds in the UK teamed up to demonstrate an improved use of gold nano-particles in the fight against bacteria. The research shows that combined antibacterial methods using gold nano-particles successfully reduced the severity of the bacteria while also increasing the efficacy of antibiotics.

Science

Read more about Antibiotic Supercharging Antibacterial Gold Particles

Foldable Monocopter Drone

Researchers at Singapore University of Technology & Design created a single wing monocopter drone that weights 69 grams, is foldable, and can fly for 16 minutes.

Tech

Video

Read more about Foldable Monocopter Drone

1.5°C vs 2°C vs 4°C

Information Is Beautiful illustrates the difference between 1.5°C vs 2°C vs 4°C temperature increases when it comes to sea level rises, ocean acidification, heat & food production. Bear in mind 1.5°C is inevitable and the bare minimum that will happen and we are currently on track for 2.4°C temperature increase.

Environment

Read more about 1.5°C vs 2°C vs 4°C

500TB Disc Lasts Billions Of Years

A new 5D optical storage technique developed at the University of Southampton would allow 500TB of data to be stored on an optical storage disc for 13.8 billion years. The new writing method uses lasers to write at 230 kbps, taking 2 months to fill the disc with 500TB.

Tech

Read more about 500TB Disc Lasts Billions Of Years

Lorem.space

Lorem.space is an image API that you can use to display a set of filler images, such as random album covers, book covers, or movie posters.

Design

Web Dev

Read more about Lorem.space

Website Performance Metrics

Ire Aderinokun at bitsofcode put together a nice overview of website performance metrics, such as First Contentful Paint (FCP), along with the ideal times for each metric.

Web Dev

Read more about Website Performance Metrics

Solar Powered Hydrocarbon Production

Researchers at ETH Zurich have demonstrated a proof of concept solar power hydro-carbon production system which uses mirrors to heat reaction chambers that harvests CO2 and H2O from the air and converts them into liquid fuels like kerosene or methanol. If the technology was scaled up, 3.8 square kilometers of desert filled with these mirror converters could fuel a daily return flight from New York to London.

Environment

Read more about Solar Powered Hydrocarbon Production

The Climate Clock

The Climate Clock shows that on the current emissions trend, we have 10 years before the planet hits +1.5 degrees warming. Net Zero by 2050 is too late.

Environment

Read more about The Climate Clock

The Longest Running TV Shows

#287

Nathan Yau over at Flowing Data plotted the IMDB ratings of the longest running TV shows, number one being The Daily Show with 4000 episodes and The Bill with 2402.