Cool Stuff Ride Home

Thu. 04/15 - What Do Spiderwebs Sound Like?


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The CDC says we should wait two weeks after our final COVID-19 vaccination to be considered fully vaccinated, but why? What do spiderwebs sound like? These scientists turned them into music. Google Earth’s latest feature shows us how destructive we’ve been to the planet. And the new YouTube channel I can’t get enough of featuring Hot Wheels on a treadmill.

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  • Links:

    Covid vaccine: Why it's wise to wait two weeks after your shot (Mashable)
  • Antibody persistence graph (Ian Haydon, Twitter)
  • Scientists Turned Spiderwebs Into Music, And It's Hauntingly Beautiful (Vice)
  • Spider songs (Markus J. Buehler, YouTube)
  • Google Earth Now Shows You Our Planet’s Slow Deterioration (Wired)
  • Google Earth’s historical 3D time lapses show the ravages of climate change (The Verge)
  • Die-Cast Treadmill Series (Steve Wilkins, YouTube) 
  • 5/18 episode with Marble Racing segment (Kottke Ride Home)
  • Kominers’s Conundrums: Can You Escape This Column? (Bloomberg)
  • Kottke.Org
  • Jackson Bird on Twitter
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