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

Re: 4

[bens_dad]

Wikipedia's list of cities by elevation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_elevation
was full of surprises for me (but you will have to click to view the list sorted by altitude).

Would South Africa have good records for a similar study ?

Mexico (Mexico City, Tuloca and Guadalajara each over (or almost) 1.5 million and 1500m) has a high high population:-) too.

But mostly I just had not realized how many African cities are high up.