Interesting Links for 14-11-2023

[andrewducker]

1. Scientists perplexed to find each nostril works separately to sense world

(tags:smell noses )

2. If the UK government wants parents to work then wraparound care needs to be fixed

(tags:parents work childcare uk )

3. Nearly Everyone With Mild Cognitive Impairment Goes Undiagnosed

(tags:brains neuroscience fail )

4. 'Coyote vs. Acme' Shelved by Warner Bros, Taking $30M Tax Writeoff

(tags:movies business OhForFucksSake )

5. US election results show rights still bewilderingly popular

(tags:rights women USA politics funny )

6. Dutch elections: is a new version of PR on the way?

(tags:Netherlands proportional_representation )

7. When Israel-Palestine Peace Was Within Reach

(tags:Israel Palestine history )

8. What words were added to the dictionary the year you were born? (Gaia, Bipolar Disorder, and Woke for me)

(tags:words history dictionary )

9. What's Biden's record on trans rights?

(tags:transgender politics USA democrats )

10. "I've Been To Over 20 Homeschool Conferences. The Things I've Witnessed At Them Shocked Me."

(tags:school Education children politics usa )

Comments

[nancylebov]

1. It makes sense-- how else can you tell where a smell is coming from?

There may be more differences than that. I await further research.

People aren't as symmetrical as they look.

[calimac]

"how else can you tell where a smell is coming from?"

You can?

All I can tell is, there's a smell. The only ways to deduce where it comes from are logic ("It smells like a wet diaper. There's a toddler nearby. Therefore ...") or by moving around to determine if the smell gets stronger or weaker.

[nancylebov]

I think so-- I get a direction when I smell a restaurant. I don't *think* it's just feeling the wind.