Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Volcanoes on Venus, the history of reggaeton, gravity-free drinking in space and more from around the web

The First Complete Map of an Insect Brain A team led by John Hopkins University and the University of Cambridge have completed the most expansive map of a brain to date. The diagram, which traces every neuron and connection of a larval fruit fly (whose biology is comparable with humans), took 12 years to map and is expected to inform future brain research. To survey the …

JuneShine Hard Kombucha Collaborates With Evan Mock on Hawaii-Inspired Flavor and “Mock’s Magazines” Pop-Up

For the development of JuneShine‘s new Hawaii-inspired flavor, POG (an acronym for passionfruit, orange and guava), the celebratory SoCal-based hard kombucha brand partnered with skateboarder, actor and Wahine founder Evan Mock, who also crafted a collaborative zine. The print publication and the delicious ready-to-drink beverage debuted at a pop-up within SoHo’s Iconic Magazines bodega, dubbed “Mock’s Magazines” and populated with mega-watt friends of the brand, including G-Eazy, …

JuneShine’s Delicious, Organic Hard Kombucha

Probiotics, antioxidants and 6% alcohol per can

With the debut of hard kombucha producer JuneShine a little over a year ago, co-founders Greg Serrao and Forrest Dein didn’t just launch a product,  they brought an emerging category into the national spotlight. Now six flavors deep and with distribution growing outside of their San Diego base, Juneshine is gaining momentum for many reasons. First, there’s the symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast (SCOBY) …