Today we discuss the benefits of taking breaks during work, how milk led to death, and a new configuration of lights that might lead to a massive decrease in the amount of motorcycle accidents that happen at night.
Healthy Breaks
- “Microbreaks may help to prevent workplace burnout” by Neil McKim
- “Microbreaks can increase your well-being, but only if you do these types of activities, experts say” by Megan Marples
Diarrhea Gene
- “Famine and disease may have driven ancient Europeans’ lactose tolerance” by Bruce Bower
- “Famine and disease drove the evolution of lactose tolerance in Europe” by University of Bristol
Motorcycle Light
- “New motorcycle lighting design could save lives” by Rice University
- “Effect of motorcycle lighting configurations on drivers’ perceptions of closing during nighttime driving” by Bradley W. Weaver et al.
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1369847822001942
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