Links to things I found interesting but didn't want to do a full blog post about.
- Surprise! The Pandemic Has Made People More Science Literate. This may be just about the only good thing to come out of the pandemic.
- 10 lessons I’ve learned from the Covid–19 pandemic. Everyone in public health and all politicians should read this and be tested annually on the key points.
- ‘The Fuse Has Been Blown,’ and the Doomsday Glacier Is Coming for Us All. New data suggests a massive collapse of the ice shelf in as little as five years. “We are dealing with an event that no human has ever witnessed,” says one scientist. “We have no analog for this”.
- Webb Space Telescope Got a Lucky Boost From Its Christmas Launch. "The mission may have enough fuel to last over a decade, thanks to an ultra-precise launch."
- New ways to customize tables in Google Docs. Tables become a lot more useful in Google Docs.
- The History of the Graphical User Interface -- 1945 to 1980. "A visual, historical tour of the early years of computer GUI's... starting in 1945."
- Texas Scientists Are Sharing the Design for Their New, Cheap Covid-19 Vaccine. "A low-cost, effective vaccine authorized for use in India this week could soon be shared around the world."
- Archaeologists Find Ancient Tsunami Victim on the Turkish Coast. "Human and dog remains at Çeşme-Bağlararası are the latest evidence of the Thera eruption and the ensuing tsunami that roared through the Mediterranean."
- NOVA's top 5 science stories of 2021. "Scientific advancements helped humans push through both the pandemic and the atmosphere this year, and a long-awaited visit from some underground insects set the country abuzz."
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