and the original European names are also pretty functional:

I believe Amsterdam is just “River Dam”

And York is just “Yew”, presumably named after trees that grew there. (Eburacon -> Eboracum -> Eoforwic -> Jórvík -> York)

But New York in the United States isn’t even directly named after the English city of York, but rather a person (James Stuart) who was the Duke of York when England took control of the territory from the Dutch.

I can’t say…

The idea that there’s cross talk between rod and cone dominated pathways has been understood for years.

But the technique they used requires a lot of skill and the study sounds very impressive.

Wow, it was tough to watch that whole video. I hope things have improved since then, although I’m sure in a lot of places they haven’t.

Eat less meat and if you do eat meat, pay extra for pasture raised animal products.