Category: Coping with COVID
‘Raygun’ Won The Meme Olympics With Her Breakdancing Moves
Forbes The 2024 Paris Olympics was the debut of breakdancing on the Olympic stage, but Australian competitor, Rachael “Raygun” Gunn, became an internet celebrity after inspiring many memes mocking her performance. While many of the athletes this year have gone viral for their cool charisma or spectacular achievements, Gunn fell under the social media spotlight because of […]
Aug 21, 2024
5 Diseases Folks Made Up to Scare You Off New Tech
Cracked Railway spine can warp your mind! And sewing machines can warp your soul! They said video games would kill us with hypertension. They said social media would kill us with depression. They said self-driving cars would kill us with combustion. Based on what we’ve seen, they were right on all counts. But we shouldn’t […]
Aug 14, 2024
Hurricanes used to only be named after women.
History Facts Before the 20th century, there was no uniform method for naming hurricanes in the U.S., though some other parts of the world saw creative naming conventions. Residents of the West Indies, for example, named hurricanes after patron saints. And 19th-century British meteorologist Clement Wragge used characters from Greek and Roman mythology, as well […]
Aug 14, 2024
Swimming in the Seine
Olympic marathon swim test run is canceled over water quality concerns for Seine River AP News A test run meant to allow Olympic athletes to familiarize themselves with the marathon swimming course in the Seine River was canceled Tuesday over concerns about water quality in the Paris waterway. World Aquatics made the decision to cancel the exercise at an […]
Aug 7, 2024
Share your EID memes
Share your memes with our readers! I recently stumbled upon a folder in my Google Drive with some emerging infectious disease meme classics, I’ll be posting here on occasion. I can’t be the only one who collects these! Send your best to clamiller@unmc.edu
Jul 31, 2024
Yellowstone geyser explosion sends visitors running
ABC News The geothermal explosion damaged the boardwalk, but did not cause any injuries, officials said. The Biscuit Basin has been temporarily closed while geologists investigate the event. Hydrothermal explosions are somewhat common in the area, occurring when underground water suddenly turns to steam. Similar eruptions occurred at Biscuit Basin in 1959, 1991 and 2009.
Jul 24, 2024
Study reveals how an anesthesia drug induces unconsciousness
MIT Propofol, a drug commonly used for general anesthesia, derails the brain’s normal balance between stability and excitability. There are many drugs that anesthesiologists can use to induce unconsciousness in patients. Exactly how these drugs cause the brain to lose consciousness has been a longstanding question, but MIT neuroscientists have now answered that question for […]
Jul 16, 2024
A robot gets a face of living ‘skin’ that allows it to smile
NPR If humanoid robots make you a bit queasy — would it help if they had fleshy faces that can smile at you? The uncanny feat is the result of new technology using engineered living skin tissue and human-like ligaments to give robots a more natural smile, according to Tokyo University researchers who unveiled their […]
Jul 10, 2024
Another monolith appeared near Las Vegas. Who’s behind these mysterious objects?
NPR First it was Utah. Then Romania. And California. Spain. Wales. Paraguay. The metallic monoliths began to be found in late 2020 by unsuspecting viewers in seemingly random locations around the world. Often evocative of a science fiction movie prop, the mysterious objects captured the public’s attention and frequently drew crowds hoping to catch a glimpse of […]
Jun 26, 2024