Here is a short list of links that I found interesting, but where I don’t have the time to write more in-depth about:
- How random is the decision whether a paper will be accepted or not? Probably, pretty random: The NIPS experiment
- If you want Russian authorities to take care of snow lying around: Simply write Alexei Navalny’s name on it.
- The immense (and insane?) relevance of Horse Shoe Crab blood for the pharmaceutical industry
- Rivalry, the FDA and the hilarious story of the US 2020 pasta shortage
- Toyota’s game-changing solid-state battery en route for 2021 debut
- 198,000 Georgia Residents Were Illegally Purged from Voter Rolls
- 2-Acre Vertical Farm Run By AI And Robots Out-Produces 720-Acre Flat Farm
- After one year, the US army finally managed to develop a face mask for their soldiers. It is a simple cloth face mask with a print on it.