Month: January 2016

I heard about this on the news today in reference to a case of what the media called “mechanical doping”.

I heard about this on the news today in reference to a case of what the media called “mechanical doping”. Awesome, let the arms race begin!

Via John Poteet​

Originally shared by Bike Hugger

Motor Doping at Worlds

The first motor in a Pro race bike was caught in the wild today….

http://www.bikehugger.com/post/view/motor-omerta-motor-doping-at-cx-worlds

Not sure about the proposed solution but as usual the analysis of the problem seems right.

Not sure about the proposed solution but as usual the analysis of the problem seems right.

Originally shared by Marla Caldwell

Yanis Varoufakis, former finance minister of Greece, gives a #TED talk entitled “Capitalism will eat democracy — unless we speak up” in which he proposes a radical libertarian Marxist Keynesian solution to the fundamental problems of our economic systems. He would introduce an international currency administered by the IMF in which all international trade would be conducted, and would democratize ownership of the means and profits of production, essentially doing away with capitalist fat cats altogether.

https://go.ted.com/CqQs

Contact between Polynesians and South Americans in pre-Columbian times has been postulated before.

Contact between Polynesians and South Americans in pre-Columbian times has been postulated before. An important traditional food crop in the Pacific is the sweet potato and this is thought to have entered the Polynesian diet in pre-Columbian times.

This genetic study appears to confirm that Polynesians reciprocated by introducing the coconut to South America. It also brings to light the entire global history of coconut domestication and trading.

The niu vai variety which comes from South East Asia really rocks.

Originally shared by Able Lawrence

Domestication of coconut took place twice.

DNA studies on coconut samples from around the world show two centres of domestication, one in South Asia (Kerala, Lakshadweep and Sri Lanka) and another in south east Asian islands. And current distribution of coconut tells the story of human migrations including a precolumbian migration of Austronasian people from southeast Asia to the west coast of South America. Via Sahas Barve

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110624142037.htm