Thu. 12/17 – Snowflake Toast & The Sound of a Perfect Fluid

Physicists have measured sound diffusion in a perfect fluid for the first time ever and created a surprisingly popular SoundCloud track. A bunch of new works are entering the public domain in just a few weeks. And the Kellogg brothers are best remembered for inventing cornflakes, but in their time they were known for a number of other odd foods; a look at their B-side, including snowflake toast and the world’s first patented meat substitute.

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Links:

• Physicists capture the sound of a “perfect” fluid (MIT News)
• Public Domain Day 2021 (Duke Law Center for the Study of Public Domain)
• Before Avocado Toast, There Was Snowflake Toast (Atlas Obscura)
• We're Entering a New Age of Meatless Meat Today. But We've Been Here Before (Smithsonian Magazine) 
• Corn Flakes | The Brothers of Battle Creek | 1 (American Innovations)
• Kottke.Org
• Jackson Bird on Twitter