Links for 2021-08-29
Frank Lentini, a man born with 3 sets of legs, 4 feet, 16 fingers, and two sets of genitals. He was married and had four children. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lentini
Fascinating data on France and mathematics: When it comes to mathematics, "France is on par with the United States" and "the world's leading research center for mathematics" is in France. Yet 1. France's math funding is only a fraction of US's 2. "there aren't that many French mathematicians" 3. "French kids' performance in PISA maths assessments is merely average" 4. "France doesn't do particularly well at the International Mathematics Olympiad". At the same time "China lead the IMO but is underrepresented in the Fields Medal" https://nintil.com/us-science-leadership/
“[C]ultured products are indistinguishable from animal products on a cellular level – without the environmental and moral burdens of raising animals to kill and eat. But to succeed, cultured meat must overcome two obstacles: pricing and consumer doubt.” https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-08/you-eat-meat-from-factory-farms-why-not-a-lab
Exercise hormone irisin is a critical regulator of cognitive function https://www.nature.com/articles/s42255-021-00438-z
The Bouba/Kiki Effect And Sound Symbolism In CLIP https://nearcyan.com/the-bouba-kiki-effect-and-sound-symbolism-in-clip/
We're flying blind as to the risks of a coronal mass ejection. https://www.wired.com/story/solar-storm-internet-apocalypse-undersea-cables/
Japan Tests Rotating Detonation Engine in Space for the First Time https://interestingengineering.com/japan-tests-rotating-detonation-engine-in-space-for-the-first-time
"Older children rated novel jobs portrayed with male workers as having higher status than the identical jobs portrayed with female workers." https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022096500926110