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andrewducker) wrote2017-06-08 12:00 pm
andrewducker) wrote2017-06-08 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 08-06-2017
- FactCheck: Corbyn wrong on working-class students
- (tags: class labour students fees university )
- China and California sign deal to work on climate change without Trump
- (tags: globalwarming china california usa GoodNews )
- Which party manifestos were the best (or worst) grammatically?
- (tags: grammar politics uk )
- How one refugee changed the mind of his travel ban-supporting neighbour
- (tags: bigotry usa politics refugee immigration viaSwampers )
- When it comes to politicians and statistics you need to really look at the definitions
- (tags: statistics politics uk )
- Electric cars accelerate past 2m mark globally - up by 60% in a year
- (tags: electricity cars Technology )
- A Vietnamese skin clinic accidentally used the Umbrella Corporation logo...
- (tags: games funny fail )
- Sony sells one million VR headsets (very happy with mine)
- (tags: VirtualReality playstation sony )
- Parents kissing their children on the lips: Threat? Or Menace?
- (tags: children parenting wtf viaSwampers )
- Genes influence ability to read a person's mind from their eyes
- (tags: eyes genetics psychology empathy )
- We need to talk about Diane Abbott.
- (tags: Labour politics uk women race history )
- 10+ Times People Failed To Send Dog Pics To ‘We Rate Dogs’ Twitter
- (tags: dogs cute funny )
- 3-year-olds consuming alternative milks were 1.5 cm shorter on average
- (tags: milk children height )
- Kansas Republicans raise taxes, ending their GOP governor’s ‘real live experiment’ in conservative policy
- (tags: tax usa republicans )
- The transgenic petunia carnage of 2017
- (tags: genetics flowers )
- Portraits of Imaginary people (as drawn by a neural network)
- (tags: ai faces )
- Using VR to help a severe stutter
- (tags: speech VirtualReality video )
- Elections in the UK are run by an elite club. Chances are, you're not in it.
- (tags: voting uk video )
- Renewables provide more than half UK energy for first time (70.2% low-carbon)
- (tags: power electricity uk renewables GoodNews )
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Children who can't drink cow's milk are more likely to have:
a) asthma;
b) food intolerances;
c) food allergies
I wonder if they've controlled for the height effects of a) through c)?
I'm reminded of a study that linked mobility scooter use to premature death that didn't control for the fact that people use mobility scooters BECAUSE they have a chronic illness or multiple chronic illnesses...
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I've heard of parents who kiss their children on the lips, but I'm not sure I believe it.
I've heard of people who can read mental states by looking at eyes, but I'm not sure I believe it.
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I've heard of parents who kiss their children on the lips, but I'm not sure I believe it.
I have seen it happen. I assumed that it was a cultural thing (the mother is Italian).
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