This simple trick stops Google, Amazon and Facebook from listening to you all the time… from USA Today

There’s an old belief among farmers that on a quiet night, if you listen closely, you can hear the sound of corn growing.

A new exhibit at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden proves that theory to be true. Take a listen: From WFDD public radio

New research casts doubt on the connection between smartphone use and teens’ mental health. Some argue it is a case of correlation, not causation, and that the threat is overblown. From All Things Considered @ NPR

These Engineers Have Found A Way To Use Sweat For Some Medical Tests

Engineers at the University of California Berkeley have developed a patch that can measure someone’s sweat composition and sweat rate at the site of excretion. From All Things Considered at NPR

This Time, Franky Zapata Makes It Across The English Channel On A Hoverboard – French inventor Franky Zapata made history as the first person to cross the English Channel by hoverboard, taking off Sunday from Sangatte on France’s northern coast and touching down near Dover, England. (From NPR)

Dairy Ice Cream, No Cow Needed: These Egg And Milk Proteins Are Made Without Animals – Earlier today, I ate a scoop of chocolate ice cream – creamy and pleasantly fatty feeling in my mouth. This would hardly seem newsworthy, except for the high-tech ingredient that made my frozen treat go down so smoothly: dairy proteins produced in a lab, no cows needed. (WFDD – Public radio story)

Stepping Into The Sun: A Mission To Bring Solar Energy To Communities Of Color