https://twitter.com/boron110/status/1570761167232016389
Thought the recent @ScienceMagazine podcast about the asteroid deflection mission dealt well with the effect of science on
sci-fiction and *vice-versa*. Wonder if this interplay happens in other scientific contexts?
Enjoyed this article! I studied Latin, but, unfortunately, now agree with the article: “It is poignant that [trivia] a word that once meant a knowledge of Latin now means a knowledge of impractical random facts.”
https://www.economist.com/culture/2022/08/11/should-data-be-singular-or-plural
Great episode! Liked the discussion of “permission-less browser clipboard write” (shown at http://webplatform.news), esp. the example of a malicious website rewriting a crypto wallet address in the clipboard without the user realizing it.
However, how does a website know the clipboard contains a wallet address to overwrite, in the first place?
https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-887.htm
Security Now! Transcript of Episode #887
Liked the discussion of the paper by @stevesphd on Coffee Consumption
& Cancer Risk (https://clinicalnutritionjournal.com/article/S0261-5614(22)00313-2/fulltext). However, I was surprised that the elevation of stomach acid & GERD from caffeine was not mentioned as a potential reason for the association with esophageal cancer.
https://twitter.com/NakedScientists/status/1566387990330765312
ORIGINAL ARTICLE| VOLUME 41, ISSUE 10, P2113-2123, OCTOBER 01, 2022
Coffee consumption and cancer risk: a Mendelian randomisation study
Paul Carter
Shuai Yuan
Siddhartha Kar
Amy M. Mason
Stephen Burgess
Susanna C. Larsson
Published: August 24, 2022
