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In Landmark Ruling, Air Pollution Recorded as a Cause of Death for British Girl – The New York Times

January 21, 2021

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Fresh air is priceless!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/world/europe/britain-air-pollution-death.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

Lost passwords

January 21, 2021

$220M if one can find a quantum computer to crack the encryption on an IronKey!

Lost Passwords Lock Millionaires Out of Their Bitcoin Fortunes

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/technology/bitcoin-passwords-wallets-fortunes.html

CT To Prioritize Elderly, Most Vulnerable, In Vaccine Rollout | Across Connecticut, CT Patch

January 20, 2021

CT To Prioritize Elderly, Most Vulnerable, In Vaccine Rollout | Across Connecticut, CT Patch

https://patch.com/connecticut/across-ct/ct-prioritize-elderly-most-vulnerable-vaccine-rollout

The best humidifiers that could help ease COVID-19 symptoms

January 20, 2021

The best humidifiers that could help ease COVID-19 symptoms

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/reviewedcom/2021/01/19/best-humidifiers-could-help-ease-covid-19-symptoms/4212786001/

How Iceland hammered COVID with science

January 18, 2021

How Iceland hammered COVID with science

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03284-3?utm_source=naturepod&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=shownotes

How COVID unlocked the power of RNA vaccines

January 18, 2021

How COVID unlocked the power of RNA vaccines

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00019-w?utm_source=coronapod&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=shownotes

True Story of Queen Elizabeth’s Cousins Nerissa and Katherine Bowes-Lyon in The Crown Season 4

January 18, 2021

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a34728377/queen-elizabeth-cousins-katherine-nerissa-bowes-lyon-asylum-true-story-the-crown-season-4/

Sharon Moalem interview: Why women are genetically stronger than men | New Scientist

January 17, 2021

Interesting implications for wound healing & immune response.

https://twitter.com/FreddyBrown1984/status/1296843869418594304 QT:{{”
Never realised tissues become skewed towards advantageous X
chromosomes (not just 50:50 from parents); capitalising on women’s doubled genetic resources
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24732930-900-sharon-moalem-interview-why-women-are-genetically-stronger-than-men/

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Children’s car seats – Child-safety laws may reduce the birth rate | Science & technology | The Economist

January 17, 2021

https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2020/11/26/child-safety-laws-may-reduce-the-birth-rate

Nasal probiotics – The nose, it seems, is protected by bacterial guards | Science & technology | The Economist

January 16, 2021

https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2020/06/11/the-nose-it-seems-is-protected-by-bacterial-guards
I wonder if eating the lactobacillus in yogurt provides some of this protective effect to the sinuses — from bits of chewed food that get from the mouth to the nose