Interesting Links for 24-06-2022

[andrewducker]

1. Female scientists less likely to get authorship credit

(tags:science sexism research )

2. UK State pension to rise 10 per cent next year

(tags:pensions uk inequality )

3. Can't stand on one leg for ten seconds? You're 84% more likely to die soon

(tags:death health )

4. The Disney movie with two sisters working through their issues? Yeah, 'Lilo & Stitch' is the best

(tags:movies family Hawaii Disney )

5. Respectability politics is a compromise with bigotry

(tags:LGBT bigotry society genocide )

6. Sleeping longer than 6.5 hours/day can help you lose weight

(tags:sleep weight )

Comments

[naath]

3 - I can't stand on 2 legs for 10s, guess I'm a gener

[snippy]

3. I practice balancing on one leg for 30 seconds (each side) while brushing my teeth ever since I had a big vertigo and concomitant surgeries.

Sleeping longer than 6.5 hours/day can help you lose weight

[anef]

If you haven't read "Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams" by Matthew Walker, you should. It will terrify you into sleeping a full 7-9 hours per night. It certainly worked on me!