Month: May 2021

FTTH: Deutsche Glasfaser erreicht 1 Milliarde Euro Fördermittel

Deutsche Glasfaser hat mit einem baden-württembergischen Landkreis nun die Fördermilliarde erreicht. Grauen Flecken-Förderung will der Netzbetreiber aber nicht. (Deutsche Glasfaser, Glasfaser)

Deutsche Glasfaser hat mit einem baden-württembergischen Landkreis nun die Fördermilliarde erreicht. Grauen Flecken-Förderung will der Netzbetreiber aber nicht. (Deutsche Glasfaser, Glasfaser)

Lossless music isn’t a premium feature anymore (Apple Music and Amazon Music offer it for no additional cost)

Once upon a time lossless audio was a premium service that helped set music streaming services like Tidal apart from the competition… and helped justify higher prices. And by once upon a time, I mean as recently as yesterday. But today two major…

Once upon a time lossless audio was a premium service that helped set music streaming services like Tidal apart from the competition… and helped justify higher prices. And by once upon a time, I mean as recently as yesterday. But today two major players in the music streaming space have announced that lossless, high-fidelity audio […]

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Wie faul ist der Kohlekompromiss?

Expertenkommissionen auf dem Prüfstand: Eine neue Studie zweifelt die Legitimität des Kohlekompromisses in Deutschland an. Allerdings ist auch sie am Ende nicht konsequent, denn grundsätzlich wird ihre Kritik nicht.

Expertenkommissionen auf dem Prüfstand: Eine neue Studie zweifelt die Legitimität des Kohlekompromisses in Deutschland an. Allerdings ist auch sie am Ende nicht konsequent, denn grundsätzlich wird ihre Kritik nicht.

From apes to birds, there are 65 animal species that “laugh”

Laughter is spread widely across mammals and occurs in birds, too.

The stuff we call "laughter" from hyenas? It's not.

Enlarge / The stuff we call "laughter" from hyenas? It's not. (credit: Getty Images)

Among humans, laughter can signify a lot of different things, from intimacy to discomfort. Among animals, however, laughter usually signifies something along the lines of “this is playtime—I’m not actually going for your throat.”

According to new research from the University of California, Los Angeles, there are likely at least 65 different creatures, including humans, that make these vocalizations. They’re most commonly found in primates, but they have also been noted in distant relatives like birds. It’s not clear whether this is because laughter has arisen several times over the course of evolution or if it’s more widespread and we just haven’t noticed.

Laughter in the library stacks

To reach this number, Sasha Winkler, a PhD student in UCLA’s anthropology department, searched high and low for any mention of animals making noises during play sessions. Some of the articles she found were quite old—one paper on mink dates back to 1931—so she ended up dusting off some aged tomes in the university’s library.

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Besser nicht schuften, bis der Arzt kommt

Bei 55 Wochenstunden wird’s brenzlig: UN-Studie zufolge sterben Hunderttausende weltweit an Überarbeitung

Bei 55 Wochenstunden wird’s brenzlig: UN-Studie zufolge sterben Hunderttausende weltweit an Überarbeitung