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July 6, 2023

Shiny things 15/

me and my little brain

Image of molecular tesselations, from Quanta mag

Apparently a tessellation is more than captivating visual: repeated patterns = prediction. Molecular Tessellations that actually predict molecular formation are a very big deal.

“They are continuing a wonderful old tradition of studying the relationship between growth and form,” Senechal said, “which is really central to understanding anything in the world around us.”


Diabetes type 2 and climate change are the two hideous own goals of modernity. 1.31 billion suffers of Type 2 Diabetes by 2030. NOT GOOD. NOT OK.


I did not expect The Great Brain to pop up on this list. i read the sh*! out of those books when I was a kid. But I more identified with the narrator and his little brain.


I’m finding this very inspiring for how I think about parenting. at the same time, kids are gonna be kids and one must resist the urge to engineer childhood.


Test your eye and your screen quality: this is an awesome tool for understanding color and contrast via flowing data


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