Checkerboard Chocolates

January 29, 2021

https://www.foodandwine.com/lifestyle/look-some-worlds-most-modern-and-beautiful-chocolates

A Look at Some of the World’s Most Modern and Beautiful Chocolates

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When we saw the photo of these amazing chocolates, the first thing we asked was, “Would anyone want to eat them?” How can you mess up something that looks so cool? These perfectly shaped mathematical wonders were made by Japanese company Nendo for the big Maison & Objet design show in Paris (that’s French for “House and Object”). The candies were made by pouring chocolate into a “mold,” a hollow shape cut so that when the candies cool down, they pop out looking like these. Suddenly a flat chocolate bar doesn’t seem as exciting as a spiky crown or checkerboard chunk — but in any shape, it all tastes good.
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Article

January 28, 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/01/28/covid-vaccine-variant-south-africa/?outputType=amp


Sounds promising! By this spring

January 28, 2021

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/01/26/politics/biden-vaccine-supply-tuesday/index.html


Brazil coronavirus variant crushes Manaus – The Washington Post

January 27, 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/01/27/coronavirus-brazil-variant-manaus/


Flying beyond mach 5 is back, decades after the original need-for-speed arms race ended: Going Hypersonic – IEEE Journals & Magazine

January 26, 2021

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9271806


How to move from Scratch to Python in Code Club – The Code Club Blog

January 26, 2021

https://blog.codeclub.org/2018/06/13/how-to-move-from-scratch-to-python-in-code-club/


The GameStop Fiasco Proves We’re in a ‘Meme Stock’ Bubble | by James Surowiecki | Jan, 2021 | Marker

January 26, 2021

https://marker.medium.com/gamestop-proves-were-in-a-meme-stock-bubble-b3f39163a77f


CDC finds scant spread of coronavirus in schools with precautions in place – The Washington Post

January 26, 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/cdc-school-virus-spread/2021/01/26/bf949222-5fe6-11eb-9061-07abcc1f9229_story.html


When a Virus Is the Cure | The New Yorker

January 26, 2021

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/12/21/when-a-virus-is-the-cure

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To make matters worse, fears of antibiotic resistance have, in recent decades, created a perverse incentive in medical research: new antibiotics, to remain effective, must be used sparingly, as so-called antibiotics of last resort. As a result, it is almost impossible to recoup the cost of developing them.
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Great article!… But I don’t see how phages will solve the economic conundrum: the “perverse incentive [that]…new antibiotics, to remain effective, must be used sparingly…As a result, it is almost impossible to recoup the cost of developing them.”


Opinion | I’ve Said Goodbye to ‘Normal.’ You Should, Too. – The New York Times

January 25, 2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/25/opinion/new-normal-climate-catastrophes.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage