Megalodon.jp is a Japanese archival service, similar to archive.today. It doesn't require having to check a box to prove that you're not a robot. You use it just like archive.today. To read a website that might require a subscription or login, you could preface the URL with https://archive.ph. Instead you preface the URL with https://mastodon.jp.
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Scientists discover a surprising link between vitamin C and brain health. A Japanese study found that those with lower vitamin C levels had less gray matter in their brains. The study was funded by KAGOME which makes a variety of health food products, so take that into account.
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Scientists at Northwest University created a shape-shifting liquid that transforms into an energy-rich gel that stores power for months. It's called ANI-MV. Not much details about this, but the paper is here. Seems like it's more for energy storage at the cellular level than something that would apply to the energy grid.
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Russia buys gasoline from India to tackle shortages. Russia's oil is medium-sour crude, which should be suitable for gasoline. But damage to refineries is what did it. And at a time of seasonal demands. Little Ukraine has hurt the great bear. This is also why the United States can't produce enough gasoline for the nation, despite American oil being light sweet crude. Our refineries are geared for imported oil from Canada, Mexico and Venezuela, which goes into making diesel, heating oil, bunker oil, asphalt, and motor oil. With cracking, heavy crude can go into making gasoline, But due to difficulty in getting environmental permits and the large capital costs involved, the U.S. hasn't built new refineries since the 1970s. As a result, U.S. production is at max capacity, and refining capacity has actually decreased over the past few years. So people squawk about gas prices, but when it comes to voting, they don't want to expand capacity. And here we are.
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These 10 Portland restaurants and bars have closed in the past two months. What gives? Oh, it's just the ongoing collapse of downtown Portland, that's all.
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