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NYTimes: Throat Exercises Can Relieve Sleep Apnea

REALLY?: Throat Exercises Can Relieve Sleep Apnea

Can exercises to strengthen the throat help to reduce sleep apnea
symptoms?

http://nyti.ms/bWMMHU

"One [group] was trained to do breathing exercises daily, while the other did 30 minutes of throat exercises, including swallowing and chewing motions, placing the tip of the tongue against the front of the palate and sliding it back, and pronouncing certain vowels quickly and continuously.

After three months, subjects who did the throat exercises snored less, slept better and reduced the severity of their condition by 39 percent."

NYTimes: New King of Technology: Apple Overtakes Microsoft

Mark this date on your calendar - this day goes down in history.

New King of Technology: Apple Overtakes Microsoft

Apple, which had been given up for dead only a decade ago, has become
the world's most valuable technology company.

http://nyti.ms/9J5jOH

What is "The very purest form of birth control ever devised. Ever"?

SCIENCE | May 23, 2010 Families' Every Fuss, Archived and Analyzed By BENEDICT CAREY Researchers videotaped nearly every waking moment in the homes of 32 families. Did someone say stressful? "The very purest form of birth control ever devised. Ever," was when single researchers witnessed the feuds that families get into. Also mentioned (regarding working couples): "Mothers still do most of the housework, spending 27 percent of their [waking hours] time on it, on average, compared with 18 percent for fathers and 3 percent for children (giving an allowance made no difference)."

NYTimes.com: Growing Vegetables Upside Down

Growing vegetables hanging upside-down? Wow. HOME & GARDEN | May 20, 2010 In the Garden: Growing Vegetables Upside Down By KATE MURPHY Devotees say that plants grown dangling upside down save space, and are less vulnerable to pests and weeds.

NYTimes.com: Take Justice Off the Ballot

OPINION | May 23, 2010 Op-Ed Contributor: Take Justice Off the Ballot By SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR States can avoid political campaigns for judgeships by adopting a merit selection system that still lets voters decide who sits on the bench. I guess what I found interesting here was that an experienced voice of reason, retired from the supreme court bench, was critical of voters for not paying attention to how they could vote to improve the judicial system. TE

A Map of the US...Made of Slime Mold | Popular Science

Searching tendrils of a growing organism map out the most efficient path between food sources, here used to discover the most efficient road connections between US cities. I had seen this done with soap bubbles once, which makes a more linear map, and doesn't take into account the relative size of the cities as this method does.
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-05/slimeography?page=
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/01/slime-mold-grows-network-just-like-tokyo-rail-system/

A single-celled organism capable of learning

Date:

April 27, 2016

Source:

CNRS

Summary:

For the first time, scientists have demonstrated that an organism devoid of a nervous system is capable of learning. Biologists have succeeded in showing that a single-celled organism, the protist, is capable of a type of learning called habituation.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160427081533.htm

NYTimes: Shoppers Who Can’t Have Secrets

When you're on the phone and they say you "may be taped for training or quality assurance
purposes" it may end up in a transcript that others can access.

Shoppers Who Can't Have Secrets

Sophisticated new techniques for consumer surveillance and data
collection far outpace personal data protections.

http://nyti.ms/ac57c7

The Data-Driven Life

"Numbers make problems less resonant emotionally but more tractable
intellectually"

[Why do these people track the most mundane trivial aspects of their lives? It's surely not to improve efficiency. - TE]

"Efficiency implies rapid progress toward a known goal. For many self-

trackers, the goal is unknown. Although they may take up tracking with
a specific question in mind, they continue because they believe their
numbers hold secrets that they can't afford to ignore, including
answers to questions they have not yet thought to ask."

MAGAZINE PREVIEW: The Data-Driven Life

What happens when technology can analyze every quotidian thing that
happened to you today.

http://nyti.ms/9U304O

Unusual foods

Kumato Brown tomatoes — who would think they'd be more juicy and flavorful than their vibrant red counterparts? Foodies are salivating over Kumatotomatoes, which are grown from a parent strain in the Galápagos Islands. These golf-ball-size tomatoes have a high water content and are meaty and sweet with a flavor similar to the just-picked backyard variety. Maybe it's time to let brown produce into your life? Kumatos are sold in major grocery stores throughout the United States. Esslack Gold and Silver Food Paint Metallics are making a comeback — we've seen them on footwear, handbags, cosmetics, and now ...tomatoes! Straight out of Germany comes this edible spray paint capable of transforming ordinary food into blinged-out works of culinary art. Serving suggestions from distributorsThe Deli Garage include spraying this luxe paint on everything from muffins to steak. Whipped Lightning Whipahol

Would you like some booze with that cream? In 2008, the makers ofWhipped Lightning Whipahol answered a resounding yes, and developed this daring 36.5-proof dairy product, which is meant to be enjoyed on top of shots and cocktails, frozen drinks, coffee and espresso drinks, and desserts. Whipped Lightning is now distributed in 13 states, but you must be 21 years old to buy. Flavors include amaretto, white chocolate raspberry, tropical passion, and macadamia. Dreamy!