The bigotry of being beautiful
James Innes Smith in The Spectator: It’s National Inclusion Week when we all come together to ‘celebrate everyday inclusion in all its forms’. This year’s theme is ‘unity’ where ‘thousands…
Immigration to the U.S. is correlated with quite high life expectancy
https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2021/09/immigration-to-the-u-s-is-correlated-with-quite-high-life-expectancy.html We find that immigration increases US life expectancy by 1.5 years for men and 1.4 years for women. Over half of these contributions occur at the prime working ages…
AI reveals how glucose helps SARS-CoV-2 virus
https://www.miragenews.com/ai-reveals-how-glucose-helps-sars-cov-2-virus-606251 Why do some people get sick and die from COVID-19 while others seem to be completely unaffected? EPFL’s Blue Brain Project deployed its powerful brain simulation technology and expertise…
Too Much of a Good Thing? How China Is Rethinking Its Diet.
https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1008298/too-much-of-a-good-thing%3F-how-china-is-rethinking-its-diet?fbclid=IwAR1FdqgwCGblYbtBDaic9uGUeevGDmsAB4D1uWy8In7aYS3-6RSh7MKBvjQ After years of growing appetites — and waistlines — policymakers are trying to trim the fat. On August 1, 32-year-old Su Bingtian became the first runner representing an Asian…
AI reveals how glucose helps SARS-CoV-2 virus
https://www.miragenews.com/ai-reveals-how-glucose-helps-sars-cov-2-virus-606251 Why do some people get sick and die from COVID-19 while others seem to be completely unaffected? EPFL’s Blue Brain Project deployed its powerful brain simulation technology and expertise…
Why We Love to Be Grossed Out
https://nautil.us/blog/-why-we-love-to-be-grossed-out Nina Strohminger, perhaps not unlike many fans of raunchy comedies and horror flicks, is drawn to disgust. The University of Pennsylvania psychologist has written extensively on the feeling of…
Human x Nature digital brochure
https://wuyuansheng.com/doc/Human x Nature digital brochure_2.pdf
Making Sense of Race
https://www.unz.com/article/making-sense-of-race/ Edward Dutton, Making Sense of Race, Washington Summit Publishers, 2020, 359 pp., $24.99 (soft cover)
Gut check: How the microbiome may mediate heart health
https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/gut-check-how-the-microbiome-may-mediate-heart-health Your cholesterol and other factors linked to cardiovascular health may be influenced by the bacteria in your belly. Published: January, 2021 The roughly 38 trillion bacteria that dwell deep…