Weekly Filet #239: The science of hummingbirds. And more.
1. The science of hummingbirds (National Geographic)
I don't think I've seen anything as beautiful and fascinating on the web this year. Hummingbirds, recorded in super slow motion and visually explained. How their wings work, their brain, their tongue. Make sure to watch the short making-of video, too.
2. The Money Fixers (Planet Money)
Inside the curious world of the «Mutilated Currency Division». I wasn't aware of this: You can send in destroyed money (meaning: burned, shredded, digested by a cow, even) and if those people can establish it's real money, you are reimbursed.
3. MIT researchers can now track AI’s decisions back to single neurons (Quartz)
Sort of mind-bening: First, humans invent artificial intelligence, now they try to understand how it works.
4. See How Well You Can Draw All 50 States (TIME)
This is for all Europeans who like to make fun of Americans who confuse Switzerland with Sweden. Hilariously difficult.
5. Wimbledon 2017: tennis in infrared - in pictures (The Guardian)
Roger Federer like you've never seen him before.