Dec. 17, 2020
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
