It’s been know that people who don’t get enough sleep tend to gain weight. One possible mechanism is due to high ghrelin and low leptin levels.
But another probable mechanism is due to the endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG), which essentially gives you the munchies.
Lack of sleep alters brain chemicals to bring on cannabis-style ‘munchies’ • Neuroscience • 2016 Feb 29 • Ian Sample • The Guardian
An algorithm that assumes that a car (or bus, in this case) approaching on the left will slow down for you to allow you to cut in front of it seems like a MAJOR design flaw o_O
Passenger bus teaches Google robot car a lesson • 2016 Feb 29 • Joseph Serna • Los Angeles Times
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For some, this is evidence that some causes cross all ideological lines and even a theocratic sociopathic mass murderer (no, I’m not talking about Ted Cruz) can care about the planet. For others, this is proof positive that acting against climate change is doing the bidding of terrorists.
The undated, unsigned letter “to the American people,” which U.S. intelligence officials attributed to bin Laden, calls on the American people to help President Barack Obama fight “catastrophic” climate change and “save humanity.”
Bin Laden called for Americans to rise up over climate change • 2016 Mar 1 • Jonathan Landay • Reuters
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In the event of a Clinton vs. Trump general election, there are probably going to be two large groups of voters who will be inclined to stay home: Sanders voters who think Clinton is too much like a Republican and Republicans who think Trump is too much of a fascist. Clinton has the capacity to get those groups to vote for her, but she’s not going to do it by feeding the “I’m above the law” narrative.
Did Bill Clinton, Mayor Walsh Break Massachusetts Voting Laws for Hillary? • 2016 Mar 1 • Kyle Clauss • Boston Magazine
Did Bill Clinton violate election rules in Mass.? • 2016 Mar 1 • Steve Annear • Boston Globe
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