That's Interesting
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The future of software engineering
05th December, 2019“Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott on the future of software engineering and the better world ahead”
External Link: https://om.co/2019/04/08/microsoft-cto-kevin-scott-on-the-future-of-software-engineering-and-the-better-world-ahead/ -
Carting Lane Sewer Lamp
08th October, 2019“By the end of the 19th century, London was trying to shed its reputation as a stinky cesspool.”
“Patented by British engineer Joseph Edmund Webb in the 1890s, the so-called “sewer gas destructor lamps” were designed to extract gases from the pipes and burn them off at high heat.”
External Link: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/carting-lane-sewer-gas-lamp -
Outside: Alternative Meat Industry
01st August, 2019Article on the alternative meat industry – where it had come from and where it might be heading.
External Link: https://www.outsideonline.com/2399736/impossible-foods-beyond-meat-alt-meat -
PBS: Why it will take more than basic recycling to cut back on plastic
26th March, 2019“In the 70 years that plastic has been around, humans have created 9 billion tons of it — most of which still exists. Are the existing strategies for tackling plastic pollution — namely reusing and recycling — really making any difference?”
External Link: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-it-will-take-more-than-basic-recycling-to-cut-back-on-plastic -
Recreating ancient artifacts may be the future of archaeology
26th March, 2019“Have you ever heard of an archaeologist who burns, hammers or smashes artifacts? That’s what Metin Eren does, except it’s with replicas. Eren is a rising star in the field of experimental archaeology. In his lab at Kent State University, he tests recreations of early stone tools, trying to understand their purpose and design–and what those meant for human development.”
External Link: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-recreating-ancient-artifacts-may-be-the-future-of-archaeology -
Biologist Rates The Pain Of 83 Different Insects Stings
09th January, 2019“King of Sting” Justin O. Schmidt is a biologist at the Southwestern Biological Institute. A “connoisseur of pain,” he has ranked 83 different insect stings on a pain index based on his own experience.
External Link: https://www.npr.org/2016/05/15/477852486/stung-by-83-different-insects-biologist-rates-his-pain-on-a-scale-of-1-to-ow -
The Great Telegraph Breakthrough of 1866
08th November, 2018“The transatlantic telegraph cable amounted to the information revolution of the day, tying global markets together in unprecedented ways.”
External Link: https://www.richmondfed.org/publications/research/econ_focus/2018/q2/economic_history?platform=hootsuite -
Leonardo da Vinci’s Earliest Notebooks Now Digitized
03rd September, 2018“Famous worldwide as the painter of such masterpieces as the Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519) is also renowned for his notebooks in which he recorded his thoughts and inventions. Five of these fascinating notebooks, bound into three small volumes, have been in our collection since 1876 when they were bequeathed to the Museum by John Forster.”
External Link: https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/explore-leonardo-da-vinci-codex-forster-i#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&xywh=-725%2C-1%2C2925%2C1990 -
PBS: Don’t let the obsession with precision obscure the beauty of imperfection
06th August, 2018Simon Winchester on the idea of precision.
External Link: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/dont-let-the-obsession-with-precision-obscure-the-beauty-of-imperfection -
The Macaulay Library
06th June, 2018‘The Macaulay Library is the world’s premier scientific archive of natural history audio, video, and photographs. Although the Macaulay Library’s history is rooted in birds, the collection includes amphibians, fishes, and mammals, and the collection preserves recordings of each species’ behavior and natural history.’
External Link: https://www.macaulaylibrary.org/about/