worldvoyageur

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by worldvoyageur 2y ago
The main flu in circulation every year, H1N1, has likely a direct descendant of the Spanish Flu from the 1918 global pandemic. " In 2022, he published a complete genome of Spanish flu from a lung taken from a 17-year-old girl who died
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The Viral Paleontologist Who Unearths Pathogens' Deep Histories(quantamagazine.org)
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by worldvoyageur 2y ago
From the abstract of the paper the article is based on: " Our data indicate that the Chicxulub impactor was a carbonaceous-type asteroid, which had formed beyond the orbit of Jupiter. The five other impact structures have isotopic sign
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Scientists believe they now know where the dinosaur-killing asteroid came from(cbc.ca)
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Deciphering the Voynich Manuscript(theatlantic.com)
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by worldvoyageur 2y ago
That, plus the trade was highly leveraged, so when yen rates went up the traders were asked to provide more margin. To meet the extra margin required they needed to unwind at least some of their position.
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by worldvoyageur 2y ago
While the slow strangulation of Levitt's mass production formula for building large volumes of homes that were affordable for people who otherwise couldn't afford housing was the saddest part, in 1994 Levitt died in poverty close
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by worldvoyageur 2y ago
" Good managers have roughly twice the impact on team performance as good workers. People who nominate themselves to be in charge perform worse than managers appointed by lottery, in part because self-promoted managers are overconfiden
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The physics of cold water may have jump started complex life(quantamagazine.org)
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Two sexes (male, female), each with two variants (white throat, yellow throat), creating four genders (wM, yM, wF, yF). Males and females need to pair or there will be no new sparrows. However opposite variants also need to pair or for beha
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by worldvoyageur 2y ago
The 'Ask Dr. Ruth' documentary is on my list of all time best documentaries.
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by worldvoyageur 2y ago
I am not an expert but it seems that many of the real challenges outlined in this blog are handled with what my city (Ottawa, Canada) calls 'supportive housing'. Basically, a purpose built building with 30-50 small apartments and
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How to Catch a Lab Leak(statecraft.pub)
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by worldvoyageur 2y ago
This in particular caught my eye, discretely buried in the (excellent) article: " And AT&T continued to improve the technology at work in its infrastructure. The transistor, invented at Bell Labs in 1947, eventually allowed for dig
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Building the Bell System(construction-physics.com)
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by worldvoyageur 2y ago
From Gilead's press release: " PURPOSE 1, a Phase 3, double-blind, randomized study, is evaluating the safety and efficacy of twice-yearly, subcutaneous lenacapavir for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and once-daily oral Descovy®
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Fungal Banking(crookedtimber.org)
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Computation Is All Around Us, and You Can See It If You Try(quantamagazine.org)
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by worldvoyageur 2y ago
" Brooks finished his keynote by presenting what he called “My Three Laws of Artificial Intelligence”: 1. When an AI system performs a task, human observers immediately estimate its general competence in areas that seem related. Usuall
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Artificial Intelligence: Realistic Expectations vs. Irrational Exuberance(blog.irvingwb.com)
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by worldvoyageur 2y ago
> that's close to 1 neutron per second. > They are getting 10 per second. They are nuclear engineers and I'm just a guy who knows how to multiply and how to read wikipedia. Most likely their number is correct. Nicely done!
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by worldvoyageur 2y ago
The whole article is well worth the short read, but here is the core idea: " The researchers showed that if the amount of matter is negligible compared to the amount of dark energy, then the singularity can be eliminated. “Light rays c
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Mathematicians Attempt to Glimpse Past the Big Bang(quantamagazine.org)
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by worldvoyageur 2y ago
" All told, bogs and other peatlands occupy around 3% of Earth’s land. Yet they manage to pack away twice as much carbon as all the planet’s trees. "
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Simple Equation Predicts the Shapes of Carbon-Capturing Wetlands(quantamagazine.org)
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by worldvoyageur 2y ago
" Now that I’m fairly old, I can look back on a wide range of visions of the 21st century, many of which now seem obsolete. Here are just a few examples: I recall the 1960s as being a period of techno-optimism. There were visions of
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Prediction is not about the future, it's about the present(econlib.org)
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by worldvoyageur 2y ago
> I suppose my question is: How do you know this? Alexander was surrounded by hand-picked men his father had groomed for decades in some cases. Offering council on every part of war fighting, from tactics to strategy to logistics. Isn&#x
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by worldvoyageur 2y ago
" Performance in highly collaborative processes may be hard to measure and easy to game. Canning supposed underperformers and rewarding "your best" might in practice lead you to shed your best and reward the cunning and dislo
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Seeing Like a CEO(drafts.interfluidity.com)
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