According to McCabe’s research team, white male undergraduates at highly competitive schools—especially in the Northeast—are the most frequent collegiate users of neuroenhancers. Users are also more likely to belong to a fraternity or a sorority, and to have a G.P.A. of 3.0 or lower. They are ten times as likely to report that they have smoked marijuana in the past year, and twenty times as likely to say that they have used cocaine. In other words, they are decent students at schools where, to be a great student, you have to give up a lot more partying than they’re willing to give up.

A Reporter at Large: Brain Gain: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker

Tweenbots are human-dependent robots that navigate the city with the help of pedestrians they encounter. Rolling at a constant speed, in a straight line, Tweenbots have a destination…

How six people in Moldova possibly saved an election

Quoting nearly the whole article here, because it’s fascinating. From The Guardian:

Natalia Morar, 25, a Moldovan who has already been banned from Russia for opposing the Kremlin, told the…

The Chariot mobility device

From medGadget:

As you can see in the clip, movement of the device is controlled through subtle movements of the hips and lower torso by sensing pressure changes and weight balance shifting….

The Chariot mobility device

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The first trade of Doktor Sleepless is what pulled me through the rabbit hole on magic, from reading a lot about magic, to actually DOING a lot of magic.

Aris Asks: Aris Asks Sarah Horrocks

Political problems arise from personal decisions every day. We’re a global couple in a world of nations, so we don’t expect that our private situation will ever be permanently resolved. It is our duty to bear the consequences of being who we are, and to offer solidarity to those who share our mode of being in the world.

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