Cool Stuff Ride Home

Wed. 02/23 - I'm Feeling Lucky


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Why does Google still have the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button? And what do the ways Google Search has changed mean for us as a society? Plus, a proposed global library of underwater audio with a perfect name, and what fish are usually “talking” about when they communicate acoustically. And finally, Kraft Heinz is throwing their hat in the plant-based alternatives ring, but how do plant-based alternatives actually stack up to real meat?

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    Why does Google still have that “I’m Feeling Lucky” button? (Real Life Magazine)
  • Easy Answers –– The more we can google, the less we know (Real Life Magazine)
  • PSA: Google Photos Has “I'm Feeling Lucky” Too (How To Geek)
  • Scientists Propose the Creation of a Global Aquatic Sound Library (Smithsonian Mag)
  • Hums, honks and boops? That's just fish chatting about sex and food (The Guardian)
  • The Cephalopodcast
  • Kraft Heinz wants to make plant-based hot dogs through new joint venture (CNBC)
  • Here's How Plant-Based 'Meats' Stack Up, Nutritionally (LifeHacker)
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  • Jackson Bird on Twitter
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