Jeanne Warren on how the UK government continues to avoid responsibility, and Sarah Sheils on 1919’s flu mutationI have long thought that incompetence was not a credible explanation for the government’s more extreme actions during the pandemic, so I we…
France Issues Moratorium on Prion Research After Fatal Brain Disease Strikes Two Lab Workers
Five public research institutions in France have imposed a 3-month moratorium on the study of prions — a class of misfolding, infectious proteins that cause fatal brain diseases — after a retired lab worker who handled prions in the past was diagnose…
Rocket Lab not yet close to profitability, proxy statement reveals
“We expect to continue to incur net losses for the next several years.”
no single cause; 5.9% of youth & 2.5% of adults; safe & effective meds
“The World Federation of ADHD International Consensus Statement: 208 Evidence-based conclusions about the disorder” is a scientific review of studies about attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, published in the September 2021 issue of Neuroscience …
Johnson rejects Gove remark that Covid vaccine refusers are ‘selfish’
PM emphasises positive benefits of having jab and appears to distance himself from vaccine passport planCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBoris Johnson has rejected Michael Gove’s assertion that people who refuse to be vaccina…
Patterns
Bit-field patterns created from applying simple formulas (small subset of work available in unrolled thread)
Mergers, twists, and pentagons: The architecture of honeycombs
Most honeycombs are perfect hexagons—but bees manage complex exceptions.
TikTokとトゥレット症候群をめぐる複雑な事情：急増するティーンエイジャー女性のチック症状
TikTokではトゥレット症候群を抱えて日々を生きる人たちの動画が次々と投稿され、「#tourettes」とタグ付けされた動画の再生数は30億回を超える。一方で、その症状であるチックの症例を訴えるティーンエイジャーの女性が急増しているという。果たしてそこに因果関係はあるのだろうか？ 動画がこの神経症状への偏見を正すことに貢献する一方で、医師たちはソーシャルメディアが「自己暗示」による症例の拡大につながっている可能性を指摘する。
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CDC mask reversal: Vaccinated should wear masks in many settings amid surge
Fully vaccinated people should mask up in high-transmission areas, schools.
Blue Origin has a secret project named “Jarvis” to compete with SpaceX
“This is the difference between taking a profit and a loss on New Glenn launches.”