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

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[anna_wing]

Instead of intrusive and expensive examination of individual teenagers' brains, perhaps it would be more cost-effective to make it harder for teenagers in general to acquire the habit in the first place. The New Zealand generational smoking ban is an interesting experiment, it will be very instructive to see how it turns out.

Re: 6

[andrewducker]

New Zealand will be very interesting. I hope it's effective.