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Links, February 2023
Well, we moved to Germany (we know!), so I've been correcting some of my gaps in recent German history by reading the lengthy Wikipedia page on German reunification. In terms of online life, that's the only real giveaway that I've moved in the real world. The rest of the anglophone media roar rolls along as before with two notable edits. I've completely cut out the very high volume Westminster insider newsletter I used to read first thing every morning (why?) and I've generally reduced my intake of UK news to a minimum. In other non-English news, AI has been used...
The Universe Has Made Almost All the Stars It Will Ever Make
— The Universe Has Made Almost All the Stars It Will Ever Make, Caleb Schwarf in Nautilus
The Pandemic's Biggest Mystery Is Our Own Immune System
— The Pandemic's Biggest Mystery Is Our Own Immune System, Ed Yong in The Atlantic
Profile of a killer: COVID-19
On the pathology: On the epidemiology: — Profile of a killer: the complex biology powering the coronavirus pandemic, David Cyranoski in Nature
Why Scientists Fall for Precariously Balanced Rocks
— Why Scientists Fall for Precariously Balanced Rocks in Atlas Obscura