A Tale of Two Telescopes: WFIRST and Hubble
How much economic growth is necessary to reduce global poverty substantially? by Max Roser
“Adjusted for the purchasing power in each country, 85% of the world population live on less than $30 per day.
China overtakes the US in scientific research output: Between 2018 and 2020 China published 23.4% of the world’s scientific papers, eclipsing the US.
“The Japanese NISTP report also found that Chinese research comprised 27.2% of the world’s top 1% most frequently cited papers.”
U.S. aims to hobble China’s chip industry with sweeping new export rules.
A Nation-State by Construction: Dynamics of Modern Chinese Nationalism by Suisheng Zhao
Memo to Democrats: Inflation Only Beats You If You Don’t Talk About It by Mike Lux
Ukraine war expert links:
Kamil Galeev
2022 Ukraine Crisis: Reporters, diplomats, heads of state and analysts tweeting on the Ukraine crisis
Running doesn’t wreck your knees. It strengthens them. Contrary to popular opinion, distance running rarely causes knee problems in runners, and often leaves joints sturdier and less damaged, link, link2
Why I’m Not Writing About This Year’s Nobel by Chad Orzel
“the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics was announced as going to John Clauser, Alain Aspect, and Anton Zeilinger, “for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science.””
Pluralistic: 20 Oct 2022 It was all downhill after the Cuecat by Cory Doctorow
The Highest-Rated Beer in Every State (2022)
Too many high ABV stouts!
How a Strange Grid Reveals Hidden Connections Between Simple Numbers. Erdős–Szemerédi theorem in arithmetic combinatorics
Ancient genomes and West Eurasian history. Storytelling with ancient DNA reveals challenges and potential for writing new histories. by Benjamin S. Arbuckle and Zoe Schwandt
The Periodic Table of Endangered Elements by David Cole-Hamilton
Explanation of cracking a Master combo lock in 8 attempts or less!
Plastic-Eating Enzymes Chomp into the Future. An innovative alternative to a non-degradable plastic.
Stanhopes, novelties with a tiny hidden image.
Twitter texts reveal rich have no ideas
Modeling COVID-19 Mortality Across 44 Countries: Face Covering May Reduce Deaths
How far a train will take you in 5 hrs in Europe
Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin. Documentary
Impact of Lifting School Masking Requirements on Incidence of COVID-19 among Staff and Students in Greater-Boston Area School Districts: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis. “We estimate that lifting of school masking requirements was associated with an additional 44.9 (95% CI: 32.6, 57.1) COVID-19 cases per 1,000 students and staff over the 15 weeks since the lifting of the statewide school masking requirement, representing nearly 30% of all cases observed in schools during that time. “
You’re All Just Jealous of my Jetpack, cartoons by Tom Gauld
Chicago River. “Bubbly Creek: An Environmental Quagmire for Federal Agencies and Local Activists“
An Environmental Disaster Brought to You by Meat: Chicago’s Bubbly Creek
The Republican Attack on Citizenship: From Rhetoric to Reality by John Ganz
The Bactra Review: book reviews by Cosma Shalizi of What Is Intelligence? Beyond the Flynn Effect by James R. Flynn
The Bactra Review: book reviews by Cosma Shalizi of What Is Intelligence? Beyond the Flynn Effect by James R. Flynn
100 Prisoners Riddle
Pioneer Panzer Brigade, the East German Boy Scout Tank Unit
WebbCompare Deep_Field
2022 Audubon photography award
Compounded: the Peer Reviewed Edition! is a game about scientists grappling for recognition on the edge of known chemistry, and getting credit for their discoveries, all while competing for limited resources and striking deals with the competition to ensure their work gets done.
IU’s silence regarding Dr. Caitlin Bernard hasn’t gone unnoticed by Jeffrey C. Isaac. IU leadership silent on attacks on OB/GYN professor.
Tirzepatide gives 20% weight loss! Once Weekly for the Treatment of Obesity
Laser spot size tradeoffs, link
Amateur ruling engine for making diffraction gratings made by Brian Manning TJIIRRS: Number 13,
Diffraction gratings, buy
Handy Techniques and Devices for making stuff by Jon Singer
More Guns, More Unintended Consequences: The Effects of Right-to-Carry on Criminal Behavior and Policing in US Cities. John J. Donohue, Samuel V. Cai, Matthew V. Bondy & Philip J. Cook.
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New ClusteredNR database: faster searches and more informative BLAST results
Every Republican Political Ad by Corey Forrester
Mechanical Watch site by Bartosz Ciechanowski
Origami folding simulator
Blockchains and Cryptocurrencies: Burn It With Fire(Nicholas Weaver)
Donna and Walt audio: A Series of Unlikely Events
Americans are split on buying a house where the prior owners were murdered
Nearly two in five Americans say they believe that ghosts (36%), demons (37%), and psychics (37%) exist. Less than half of Americans say each one doesn’t exist. Far fewer believe in the existence of vampires (7%) and werewolves (7%); more than 80% of Americans say vampires and werewolves do not exist.
Panic! On the Editorial Page: Breaking down a “cancel culture” scare story by Michael Hobbes
“Long-term cardiovascular outcomes of COVID-19”, Nature, Feb 7 2022
The Other Speed Trap: America’s traffic laws hurt the poor, and don’t really deter anyone. But what if traffic fines scaled with income? by Brett Simpson
How To Keep Enforcers Like Police, Military And Spies Under Control By Ian Welsh
The Huanan market was the epicenter of SARS-CoV-2 emergence, pre-print
