Feelings at the Fall of the Republic, Ancient and Medieval Living Standards
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A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
Referenda ad Senatum: August 6, 2021: Feelings at the Fall of the Republic, Ancient and Medieval Living Standards, and Zombies!
Welcome! This is going to be the first of a new sort of post we’ll do from time to time where I answer a number of shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are at the Patres …
Squatting or Kneeling May Be Beneficial for Health
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Press Room
Squatting or Kneeling May Be Beneficial for Health - Press Room
Human evolution favors energy conservation, but has our evolution worked against us since inactivity — sitting — is linked to health risks? A new study of a modern hunter-gatherer society finds that they lack health risks for heart disease and metabolic disease…
‘Apocalyptic’ scenes hit Greece as Athens besieged by fire
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the Guardian
‘Apocalyptic’ scenes hit Greece as Athens besieged by fire
Athens is a city under siege. On the ground there are tales of heroism and fear for the future
Out of control and rising: why Bitcoin has Nigeria’s government in a panic
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the Guardian
Out of control and rising: why bitcoin has Nigeria’s government in a panic
As leaders around the world grapple with cryptocurrencies, what happened when the African country tried to ban them?
Imperfect Vaccination Can Enhance the Transmission of Highly Virulent Pathogens (2015)
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journals.plos.org
Imperfect Vaccination Can Enhance the Transmission of Highly Virulent Pathogens
A study using Marek's disease virus in poultry shows that by reducing natural selection against highly virulent strains, imperfect vaccination enables the spread of viral strains that would otherwise be too lethal to persist.
What do you do with a billion grams of surplus weed?
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The Walrus
What Do You Do with a Billion Grams of Surplus Weed?
Cannabis legalization was supposed to be a licence to print money. Three years on, nobody is turning a profit
Eco-activist Greta Thunberg posed for the cover of the first issue of Vogue Scandinavia
On it, she poses with her horse, Strangur. The authors of the magazine called Greta Thunberg the voice of a generation and the most recognizable activist of recent years.
Meanwhile on her Twitter page she calls out the hypocrisy of the fashion industry .
On it, she poses with her horse, Strangur. The authors of the magazine called Greta Thunberg the voice of a generation and the most recognizable activist of recent years.
Meanwhile on her Twitter page she calls out the hypocrisy of the fashion industry .