Interesting Links for 16-08-2023

[andrewducker]

1. The 16 brutal restrictions imposed on women in Afghanistan during two years of the Taliban

(tags:taliban afghanistan women rights )

2. 'We want a second baby, but can't afford one': The rise of Britain's one-child families

(tags:children money uk )

3. Edinburgh is new Covid hotspot as active cases double during Festival Fringe

(tags:pandemic edinburgh festival fringe )

4. Positive Association between Altitude and Suicide across the USA

(tags:usa suicide oxygen )

5. Council Tax Reform is Necessary — and so is Understanding

(tags:Scotland politics tax )

6. Brains of teenage smokers may be different than non-smokers

(tags:cigarettes neuroscience brain teenagers )

7. Google DeepMind's game-playing AI just found another way to make code faster

(tags:ai coding software )

Comments

[danieldwilliam]

Item 4 is interesting. I saw the headline and thought to myself - I wonder if they've controlled for the income effect of higher altitudes being more rural and therefore poorer - and they have. I wonder if any studies have been done on the Alps.

[andrewducker]

That would be fascinating to see!

[danieldwilliam]

You would get an interesting spread of data from France, Germany, Switzerland and Austria which might allow some interesting and useful conclusions to be drawn.

[channelpenguin]

Yeah I wondered the same... and noticed the same.