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Prototype device restores lost smell by teaching the brain to feel odors https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-prototype-device-lost-brain-odors.html
Substitution of human olfaction by the trigeminal system

Prototype device restores lost smell by teaching the brain to feel odors
There is new hope for people who have lost their smell. Scientists have successfully tested a breakthrough device that lets people detect the presence of certain odors. This innovative system helps them "smell" again by translating odors into feelings (like touch) inside the nose.

Right, folks, so there is an account on mastodon.social (@8124@mastodon.social) that has been libelling me and others, defaming us as antisemites for the longest time.
They just sent the posts attached.
They have been reported to mastodon.social and I have raised my concerns with them and yet no action has been taken against that account even though the account has been suspended on at least three major Mastodon servers and limited on at least four others.
It is not limited…

2025 National Tight Ends Day: Packers' Tucker Kraft saves otherwise quiet day on annual celebration

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2025-na

A nice shift in perceived colour between central and peripheral vision. The fixated disc looks purple while the others look blue.
The effect presumably comes from the absence of S-cones in the fovea.
https://bsky.app/profile/mamassian.bsky.social/post/3lzl7geiqm22n

Pascal Mamassian (@mamassian.bsky.social)
A nice shift in perceived colour between central and peripheral vision. The fixated disc looks purple while the others look blue. The effect presumably comes from the absence of S-cones in the fovea. From Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.11582v2

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Maribou State feat. Holly Walker:
🎵 Otherside (Radio Edit)
#NowPlaying #MaribouState #HollyWalker
https://mariboustate.bandcamp.com/album/otherside-jasper-tygner-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/2pj2A25YQK4uMxhZheNx7R

The disgust and dismay that this administration arouses is remarkable. Since when is discouraging tourism a brilliant economic development strategy?
Trump's face on new national park passes outrages conservationists
https://www.

The disgust and dismay that this administration arouses is remarkable. Since when is discouraging tourism a brilliant economic development strategy?
Trump's face on new national park passes outrages conservationists
https://www.

Employees are increasingly using AI to create ultra-realistic fake expense receipts; AppZen and others attribute the rise to advances in image generation models (Cristina Criddle/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/0849f8fe-2674-4eae-a134-587340829a58
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Hi everyone,
Due to a combination of Internet issues and personal issues we were only able to hold a verification call with one person from Gaza today.
Please give Lubna (@…), who is a mother of three and an engineer, a warm welcome to Mastodon and the fediverse (and please follow her, donate to her fundraiser if you can, and share this so others mi…

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Substrate, which aims to challenge TSMC, raised $100M from Founders Fund, General Catalyst, and others at a $1B valuation as it seeks to boost US chip making (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/2496edef-4f1b-47aa-877d-9c01271faaa1