All posts tagged: Loops

Are you team Froot Loops or Rice Krispies? Cereals ranked by state

Are you team Froot Loops or Rice Krispies? Cereals ranked by state

Published by Daniella Wilson

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more A new study has revealed the cereals Americans crave most, with one sugary treat deemed the fan-favorite in 13 states. The research team at Concordia University, St. Paul, based in Minnesota, set out to discover the most popular type of cereal in every U.S. state. Results found that Americans love the multi-colored, ring-shaped Froot Loops, with the cereal being the most popular in 13 states: Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, and Virginia. Kellogg’s Rice Krispies came in second place, as it was the most popular cereal in five states: Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Utah and Wisconsin. The brand had the same ranking as the other ring-shaped cereal, General Mills’ Cheerios, which was also the most popular …

Intricate loops of silk help net-casting spiders trap prey in webs

Intricate loops of silk help net-casting spiders trap prey in webs

Published by skeptic

core: Something — usually round-shaped — in the center of an object. fiber: Something whose shape resembles a thread or filament. gland: A cell, a group of cells or an organ that produces and discharges a substance (or “secretion”) for use elsewhere in the body or in a body cavity, or for elimination from the body. insect: A type of arthropod that as an adult will have six segmented legs and three body parts: a head, thorax and abdomen. There are hundreds of thousands of insects, which include bees, beetles, flies and moths. microscope: An instrument used to view objects — such as bacteria or the single cells of plants or animals — that are too small to be visible to the unaided eye. prey: (n.) An organism hunted by another, often for food. (v.) To attack and eat another organism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: A prestigious journal publishing original scientific research, begun in 1914. The journal’s content spans the biological, physical and social sciences. Each of the more than 3,000 papers …

‘We watched 9/11 from the rooftop, blasting the music out’: how The Disintegration Loops became a requiem for the attacks | Music

‘We watched 9/11 from the rooftop, blasting the music out’: how The Disintegration Loops became a requiem for the attacks | Music

Published by Sam Flores

‘Do you remember me phoning and saying, ‘Get over here! You won’t believe what’s happened!’” William Basinski is reminiscing with his old friend Anohni about the summer of 2001, when he made a startling discovery. Out of work and at a loose end, the experimental composer had decided to digitise some recordings he’d made in the early 1980s – snippets of orchestral music and muzak he found on shortwave radio stations. He was planning to add his own instrumentation, but as the tapes started playing on a loop he noticed something else was happening: the music was gradually degrading. The recordings were so old that the iron oxide particles were falling off the tape as they played. Soon, there would be nothing left but crackles and then silence. It was every musician’s worst nightmare. But for Basinski it was like striking gold. “Luckily,” he says, “by that point in my career, I was mature enough to know when to just get out of the way and see what happens.” Basinski spent two days recording a …

If You’re Mentally Exhausted, Try Closing Your ‘Open Loops’

If You’re Mentally Exhausted, Try Closing Your ‘Open Loops’

Published by Sam Flores

There are many reasons folks are feeling drained these days – poor sleep, health issues, financial stress, job-related burnout and exposure to so many distressing events in the news, among others. But there’s one smaller, more insidious factor that may be weighing you down more than you realise: all of your “open loops”. If you’re not familiar with the term, open loops refer to a type of mental clutter made up of various unfinished tasks and other loose ends. Think: phone calls you haven’t returned, emails or texts you haven’t replied to, appointments you’ve been putting off, conversations you’ve been avoiding, packages you need to send back, subscriptions you need to cancel or other pending items on your to-do list. All of these open loops occupy space in your brain, nagging at you and draining you of your energy. This may be explained by something called the Zeigarnik Effect, named after psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik, which says that humans have a tendency to remember uncompleted tasks much better than completed ones. This makes sense as it …