Interesting Links for 19-07-2022

[andrewducker]

1. Forests Now Cover 2% of Iceland (up 6x since 1990)

(tags:iceland forests )

2. A new milestone in augmented reality: Functional contact lenses

(tags:augmentedreality contact_lenses Technology impressive )

3. Want to be an artist? Having millionaire parents *really* helps!

(tags:wealth inequality art )

4. Keir Starmer rules out 'any agreement' with the Lib Dems after next election

(tags:labour libdem OhForFucksSake )

5. Mint is not a necessary part of toothpaste. If you don't like it then feel free to use other flavours

(tags:teeth health )

6. The future of sports: Revealed!

(tags:sports technology funny video )

7. Ballet imposes gender roles on dancers

(tags:gender dance ballet )

8. Audiobooks or Reading? To Our Brains, It Doesn't Matter

(tags:reading audio brains psychology books )

9. Stray, a game where you play as a cat in a world populated by robots is clearly not going to make any money at all

(tags:games cats review video )

10. Scientists design contraceptives to limit grey squirrels

(tags:squirrel UK contraceptive fertility )

11. Cheese reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes, heart failure, coronary heart disease, hypertension, and ischemic stroke

(tags:cheese health heart diabetes )

12. Heat wave kills more than 1,100 people in Spain and Portugal

(tags:heat globalwarming death spain portugal )

13. UK set to have world's biggest automated drone superhighway

(tags:drone uk )

Comments

[danieldwilliam]

Keir Starmer, ahead of an election where the prospect of a coalition between the Labour Party and the Lib Dems will be weaponised by the Murdoch press, lies to Tory-Lib Dem swing voters?

I'm shocked! Shocked I tell you. That such a thing should happen whilst he is planning an informal electoral pact. Shocked.

[bens_dad]

8. Storytelling is much older than writing, so why would an audiobook not be as good as the written version ?

[jack]

Coalitions are so much less standardized here, I wonder if there has ever been a case of a British political party "ruling out" a coalition, then finding themselves in a situation where it would be beneficial, then sticking to their commitment

[mountainkiss]

I think the game will make a tiny bit of money because Phil will buy it, then never be seen again.

[channelpenguin]

11. Cheese is good, cheese is good. :-). Seems to say that cheese-eaters are slimmer in the waist (less internal fat?). Maybe because they prefer cheese to sugary things?

9. My cat liked this video (really!)

8 "If you don’t have time to sit and read a physical book, is listening to the audio version considered cheating?" ROFL. Silly idea. I'm not sure anyone thinks that! (I've personally no patience with audio as for me it's too slow - but I realise that my 1000+ wpm reading speed isn't usual)

[anna_wing]

I tend to find audiobooks too slow; same with watching news. I'd much rather read than watch. Watching makes me feel like a paper-shredder with not enough paper.

And it depends on the book too, of course. I find that writing for silent reading, and writing for reading aloud is actually different.