#OTD #TDIH #October2, 1909: #ScientificAmerican, using the name #WangTu instead of #WanHu, first publishes a story about the #LegendaryEmperor's supposed #FlightToTheMoon. #MoonSky #SpaceSky
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#ScientificAmerican reports that a Yale study finds #MedicareforAll could save $1T & 114K lives every year

My single favorite piece of marketing in history.
Then, the capitalist machine had to ruin EA after a few years.

#ElectronicArts #CanAComputerMakeYouCry #GamesAsArt #RetroGaming #GameHistory #ScientificAmerican

A #ScientificAmerican piece traces the journey. 🇩🇪 Germany provided subsidies in the early 2000s to create a market big enough to build factories for and 🇨🇳 China took over after 2009. Solar cell design got better at converting light into energy, with less land and less wiring for the same power.

Chinese researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China have built contact lenses that can convert near-infrared light into something people can actually see — even…
#USTC #InfraredContacts #NightVision #ContactLenses #NearInfrared #Cell #ScientificAmerican #Nature #ChinaScience