April 20, 2021
Tue. 04/20 - The New Roaring 20s? An Economist & Epidemiologist Weigh In
Will this decade be another “Roaring 20s?” A social epidemiologist and a Nobel Prize-winning economist weigh in. How many T-Rexes roamed the land throughout their time on Earth? A team of paleontologists did the math. And scientists have created the whitest paint ever, which could make a sizable difference in the climate crisis.
Will this decade be another “Roaring 20s?” A social epidemiologist and a Nobel Prize-winning economist weigh in. How many T-Rexes roamed the land throughout their time on Earth? A team of paleontologists did the math. And scientists have created the whitest paint ever, which could make a sizable difference in the climate crisis.
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Links:
- Looking Back at the First Roaring Twenties (NY Times)
- Epidemiologist looks to the past to predict second post-pandemic 'roaring 20s' (The Guardian)
- How many T. rex ever existed? Calculation of dinosaur's abundance offers an answer (Nature)
- Enough T-Rexes to eat us all (Christopher Mims, Twitter)
- 'Whitest ever' paint reflects 98% of sunlight (BBC)
- Researchers Created the Whitest White Paint Ever (Earther)
- Ted Lasso season two trailer (AppleTV, Twitter)
- Kottke.Org
- Jackson Bird on Twitter
