Sarmelion t1_jebdjqp wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:53 PM

Reply to TIL in the 1920s, Coco Chanel accidentally got a tan, and helped inspire the trend of sunbathing. Soon "sunlight therapy" was prescribed for almost every ailment from fatigue to tuberculosis. Before this, tanned skin was associated with the lower classes who work outside, and fair skin was revered. by Pfeffer_Prinz

Horrible Fact: Coco Chanel was also a Nazi collaborator

Sarmelion t1_jea0ztc wrote on March 30, 2023 at 2:37 PM

Reply to comment by Carbon140 in The age of average - Is the world becoming an echo chamber ? by Atienon44

What bland media are you talking about? Because while Disney/Marvel stuff is a bit cookie cutter that's not all that's out there and it's not hard to look, there's an unprecedented ability for people to create indie media and people have greater access to media created in other cultures and in other time periods than ever before.

Things only feel bland superficially imo.

Sarmelion t1_jd1ogzh wrote on March 21, 2023 at 4:40 AM

Reply to comment by ZZ9ZA in When we film creatures in the deep ocean, are we hurting them with our lights (perhaps even blinding them)? by Crushingit1980

No, they can still see usually but in narrower bands, blasting bright white light still blinds them so a lot of research folks switched to red light with special lenses, since most don't have photoreceptors for red light apparently

Sarmelion t1_jcs8en7 wrote on March 19, 2023 at 3:53 AM

Reply to When we film creatures in the deep ocean, are we hurting them with our lights (perhaps even blinding them)? by Crushingit1980

When they first went down there yes, but after we realized that we started using special cameras and lenses and such to take video in extremely low light conditions so we wouldn't disrupt the environment we were studying.

There's another really great post on this https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/2n1yd4/comment/cm9t27t/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Sarmelion t1_jc20xaq wrote on March 13, 2023 at 1:53 PM

Reply to comment by gold79 in New innovation leads to environmentally friendly solar cells by gold79

My understanding is that they didn't get rid of the lead that was being used along the perovskite, they just sealed it with zinc and other materials too, or did I misunderstand?

Sarmelion t1_jc0r4jp wrote on March 13, 2023 at 4:49 AM

Reply to New innovation leads to environmentally friendly solar cells by gold79

>“One of the biggest drawbacks of using perovskite solar cells is
their impact on the environment. By enabling zinc and other non-toxic
metals to be used in the capping layer, our innovation potentially
solves a major obstacle that prevents the widespread use of perovskite
solar cells,” explained Dr Ye Senyun, research fellow from the NTU,
School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, a lead researcher of the
study.

Hm, doesn't this just delay the environmental impact or slow it down?

Sarmelion t1_jacuab6 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 2:58 PM

Reply to Scientists unveil plan to create biocomputers powered by human brain cells - Now, scientists unveil a revolutionary path to drive computing forward: organoid intelligence, where lab-grown brain organoids act as biological hardware by Gari_305

Do you want Mother Brain? Because this is how you get Mother Brain.

Sarmelion t1_j9h162c wrote on February 21, 2023 at 10:35 PM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Train derails southeast of Gothenburg by dukefreak1995

What exactly do you think the function of govt is?

Sarmelion t1_j1vmhuz wrote on December 27, 2022 at 7:05 PM

Reply to Why still the push for "woke" tv-shows and movies, when almost all of them result in a flop? by [deleted]

If you think casting was the problem and not the fact that the people who made the Star Wars series didn't plan it out and didn't LIKE star wars, then you've missed the point.