Link of the day: Why did the half-plane, half-helicopter not work? For quite a while now I have been thinking about green air travel. The…
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Sunday, 15.03.2020 – A Long Term Econ Perspective On Covid-19
Link of the day: A take on the economics of the virus ) An interesting thought about the long term economic effects of the coronavirus…
Monday, 09.03.2020 – China’s Economic Slowdown And Effects On The Environment
Link of the day: Airborne Nitrogen Dioxide Plummets Over China NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) pollution monitoring satellites have detected significant decreases in nitrogen…
Wednesday, 04.03.2020 – People Born Blind Seem To Be Protected From Schizophrenia
Link of the day: People Born Blind Are Mysteriously Protected From Schizophrenia These findings suggest that something about congenital blindness may protect a person from…
Tuesday, 03.03.2020 – Captain Joe And The Marvels Of Aviation
Link of the day: Captain Joe’s YouTube Channel Recently, my friend Tobi showed me the YouTube channel of Captain Joe, a pilot who explains lots…
Monday, 02.03.2020 – Are Economists As A Whole Harmful?
Link of the day: Nobel Price Laureate Paul Romer on the question whether economists do more harm than good In the 19th century, when it…
Sunday, 01.03.2020 – Betting On the Reproducibility of Scientific Studies
Link of the day: Replication Markets Replicatiomarkets is a scientific project that aims to assess how reproducible scientific studies are – and how we might…
Saturday, 29.02.2020 – Did Van Gogh Really Cut Off His Ear?
Link of the day: Art historians claim Van Gogh’s ear ‘cut off by Gauguin’ Also this: Van Gogh gouged by Gauguin? I don’t believe it
Friday, 28.02.2020 – Medicare For All
Link of the day: Last Week Tonight on Medicare For All British Comedian John Oliver on American Healthcare. Worth a watch. At First, Remote Area…
Thursday, 27.02.2020 – How Quickly Can China Recover From The Economic Fallout of Coronavirus?
Link of the day: Twittter thread on the ability of China to recover from the coronavirus Interesting take on the economic context of the coronavirus…