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The ‘Science of Skincare’ Isn’t Science or Care

jessicadefino.substack.com/p/the-science-of-skincare-isnt-science
It's marketing.

Bike helmets: what the science really says about an American safety obsession.

slate.com/technology/2023/01/bike-helmets-cyclist-deaths-do-you-need-to-wear.html

Decreasing human body temperature in the United States since the Industrial Revolution | eLife

elifesciences.org/articles/49555

Our First Closeup Image of Mars Was a Paint-By-Numbers Pastel Drawing

kottke.org/22/12/our-first-closeup-image-of-mars-was-a-paint-by-numbers-pastel-drawing
On July 15, 1965, NASA's Mariner 4 probe flew within 6,118 miles of the surface of Mars, capturing images as it passed over the

Demand characteristics - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demand_characteristics

Earth now weighs six ronnagrams: New metric prefixes voted in

phys.org/news/2022-11-earth-ronnagrams-metric-prefixes-voted.html

A Frog So Small, It Could Not Frog

theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/06/pumpkin-toadlet-frogs-uncontrolled-landing-jumps/661262/

A CHEMICAL HUNGER

achemicalhunger.com/
The study of obesity is the study of mysteries.

Car tyres produce vastly more particle pollution than exhausts, tests show | Pollution | The Guardian

theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/03/car-tyres-produce-more-particle-pollution-than-exhausts-tests-show

Reporting bias makes homeopathy trials look like homeopathy works | Ars Technica

arstechnica.com/science/2022/03/reporting-bias-makes-homeopathy-trials-look-like-they-work/
When clinical trials are registered in advance, homeopathy doesn't seem to work.

The Dunning-Kruger Effect Is Probably Not Real | Office for Science and Society - McGill University

mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking/dunning-kruger-effect-probably-not-real

‘I’d keep it on the down low’: the secret life of a super-recogniser | Science | The Guardian

theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/16/id-keep-it-on-the-down-low-the-secret-life-of-a-super-recogniser
Police employ them and scientists study them, but what is life like for the rare few who can never forget a face? Super-recogniser Yenny Seo didn’t think it was anything special

The experts can stay wrong longer than you can stay alive - Lessons From The Crisis

lessonsfromthecrisis.substack.com/p/the-experts-can-stay-wrong-longer
Early in 2020 Western governments, alarmed by reports from China, asked the international public health community whether they should close borders to limit the spread of coronavirus into their country. The UK government consulted its pandemic flu plans

How Can You Tell if Someone Is Lying? - The Atlantic

theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/03/how-to-spot-a-liar/618425/

Decades of research reveals very little difference between male and female brains - The Academic Times

academictimes.com/decades-of-research-reveals-very-little-difference-between-male-and-female-brains/

A Cephalopod Has Passed a Cognitive Test Designed For Human Children

sciencealert.com/cuttlefish-can-pass-a-cognitive-test-designed-for-children
A new test of cephalopod smarts has reinforced how important it is for us humans to not underestimate animal intelligence.

Home - FieldKit

fieldkit.org/

Box seat: scientists solve the mystery of why wombats have cube-shaped poo

theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/29/box-seat-scientists-solve-the-mystery-of-why-wombats-have-cube-shaped-poo

Study finds that by age 3 kids prefer nature's fractal patterns | Around the O

around.uoregon.edu/content/study-finds-age-3-kids-prefer-natures-fractal-patterns

Aerosols: Why Is the Risk of Coronavirus Transmission so High Indoors? | ZEIT ONLINE

zeit.de/wissen/gesundheit/2020-11/coronavirus-aerosols-infection-risk-hotspot-interiors
Whenever people gather in closed spaces, the infection risk climbs. Our interactive tool shows how the coronavirus spreads. Find out how safe your environment is.