Miscellaneous items I found of interest during the week.
FamilySearch’s Strategy to Help Preserve the World’s Archives
A Genome-Wide Analysis of Liberal and Conservative Political Attitudes (speculative).
The results point toward NMDA and glutamate
related receptors (on chromosome 4) as being worthy of further examination.
'Millennia of human activity': heatwave reveals lost UK archaeological sites
Wildfires
As of 17 August wildfires in British Columbia have burnt 577,333 hectares, an increase from 436,903 hectares over the previous day. Comparison with this table shows that this year is second only to last in hectares burnt since 2007, and the season isn't near over. There's a graphic showing wildfire trends in California here.
How to protect your brain from 'fake news'
What is nothing? Martin Rees Q&A
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