Links for 2022-08-20
3-sigma result that protons contain a charm quark [New Scientist] https://archive.ph/5QwL0
Fracking for gas in Germany? 2 trillion cubic meters of gas reserves could be tapped if fracking ban is lifted. [The Globe And Mail] https://archive.ph/BDOiP
87% of Saudi men privately said that they supported women working, but 70% thought other men were less supportive. When they heard the real figure, 6 month employment among their wives went up 179% https://home.uchicago.edu/bursztyn/Misperceived_Norms_2018_06_20.pdf
A 2005 study of 883 people indicated, that for every 16-point increase in IQ, a woman’s chance of being married 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 by 38%. On the other hand, for every 16-point increase in IQ, a man’s chance of being married 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 by 35%. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886904003137
“We show that a Riemannian metric overestimates the perception of large color differences because large color differences are perceived as less than the sum of small differences.” https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2119753119
Making Soil for Space Habitats by Seeding Asteroids with Fungi https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2021_Phase_I/Making_Soil_for_Space_Habitats/
Viral infection leading to brain dysfunction: more prevalent than appreciated? [published 2009] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2782954/
Ukrainians Crowdfund Access to Cutting-Edge Satellite Surveillance https://www.coffeeordie.com/ukrainians-crowdfund-satellite
The Pentagon has now confirmed sending AGM-88 missiles to Ukraine and that they have been integrated onto the country’s MiG-29s. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukrainian-mig-29s-are-firing-agm-88-anti-radiation-missiles