A study found that volunteers' reaction times were 41 milliseconds faster when exhaling or holding their breath compared to inhaling, with implications for tasks requiring rapid responses like sprinting. Researchers at Northwestern University discovered this while studying breathing patterns for sleep apnea treatments, though the mechanism remains unclear and may depend on task complexity.
RacketCon, a conference dedicated to the Racket programming language community, takes place Saturday, October 3rd with in-person and remote participation options. The event features talks on notation, type inference, and low-level programming, with presentations from academics and PhD students working on Racket extensions and related languages.