Links for 2022-02-01
Learning Computer Science With Categories: “The first book in Bob Coecke’s series on applied category theory is out, and the pdf is free—legally, even!—until 8 February 2022. Grab a copy now!” https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2022/01/26/learning-computer-science-with-categories/
New Brain Mapping Technique Reveals Neural Code of Vision Processing Over Time https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009456
Venus might've had a temperate climate until 700-750 million years ago. [published Sep 23, 2019] http://www.sci-news.com/space/planetaryscience/habitable-venus-07619.html
Why Environmentalists Pose a Bigger Obstacle to Effective Climate Policy than Denialists https://quillette.com/2022/01/27/why-environmentalists-pose-a-bigger-obstacle-to-effective-climate-policy-than-denialists/
The Journal of Individual Differences--which publishes research on intelligence and personality--is the most replicable journal in psychological science with a replication rate of 97% https://replicationindex.com/2022/01/26/rr21/
Peta-scale sequencing effort identifies 132,000 RNA viruses we didn't know existed. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04332-2
James Lee on Polygenic Prediction and Embryo Selection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB2clG3MBp8
Dice Become Ordered When Stirred, Not Shaken: A jumble of thousands of cubic dice, agitated by an oscillating rotation, can rapidly become completely ordered, a result that is hard to produce with more conventional shaking. https://physics.aps.org/articles/v10/130
China’s Xi Says Climate Targets Can’t Compromise Energy Security https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-26/xi-jinping-says-climate-targets-can-t-compromise-energy-security