Interesting Links for 29-01-2020

[andrewducker]

FactChecking the coronavirus

(tags:facts virus disease China )

How microwaves and electricity are killing weeds

(tags:farming microwave electricity )

Woman With Coronavirus Symptoms Dodges Security to Eat in Michelin-Starred Restaurant

(tags:disease food OhForFucksSake )

It is important to talk about your salary

(tags:salary transparency )

The Fantastically Strange Origin of Most Coal on Earth

(tags:prehistory carbon trees bacteria )

Johnson won't say so, but the real decision about Huawei was made years ago

(tags:China phones technology UK )

The "where's my elephant?" theory of history

(tags:UK Europe history society Doom )

Genetically Engineered Self-Limiting Moth Is Released Into an Open Field | Technology Networks

(tags:genetics insects )

Comments

[claudeb]

Another batch of good finds! I know people who are in a panic over the coronavirus epidemic, thanks to the goddamn newsies, and I didn't expect the elephant story to be about Brexit (wait, what? it's actually happening this Friday? ugh). As for the gengineered moth? Brace for the unintended, and very much unwanted, consequences that will be much worse than pesticide resistance. All species play a role in the ecosystem, you know. And the line between species is much more blurry than we've all learned in school.

[andrewducker]

Lindsey Vonn?

[snippy]

Oh g-d, that last line. Is this why Trump?

[andrewducker]

See that just seems sensible to me. The cow was actively worth more than what they were offering for it.

[cmcmck]

I had swine 'flu- it was unpleasant, but I'm still here!