Today @KarlDeisseroth of @StanfordMed @Stanford won the @NobelPrize for his co-discovery & development of Optogenetics. Here he explains what that is, and how it is unlocking the secrets of brain function & helping to cure diseases. (And he explains that in ~1min).

Today we remember Neil Armstrong, the first astronaut to walk on the Moon, on his birthday! 🎉 Did you know that Armstrong celebrated his 39th birthday while still in quarantine after Apollo 11's return?

This footage is absolutely wild🔥🤯 A skydiver outside a Beechcraft C90 King Air captured the plane stalling and spinning right next to them during a jump run at 16,000 ft over Mossel Bay, South Africa in October 2021. Too many jumpers hanging in the “float” position outside the door shifted the center of gravity aft and blanked airflow over the left horizontal stabilizer. The nose pitched up past the elevator’s authority, the wing dropped, and it entered a spin. The pilot (who later posted a detailed account) cut power, centralized the controls, applied opposite rudder, and recovered cleanly. Plane and all the jumpers made it back fine. The camera work is insane, steady, composed, and somehow still framing the aircraft while everything is going sideways. One of those rare “you had to see it to believe it” aviation/skydiving moments.