A word with a videoclip every day

2026-01-09

Riffing on the photo-everyday genre, Henry Brown recorded a clip of himself saying…

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Where generic medication comes from

2026-01-09
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When generic drug manufacturers have issues like contamination, it is difficult for those…

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一项通过看猫片进行的研究：为什么猫更爱左侧卧？

2026-01-09

猫咪是一种很爱睡觉的动物，平均每天要睡 12-16 小时。那么养猫咪的同学是否观察过你家猫咪的睡姿？是蜷成一团毛球，还是四仰八叉地“躺平”？2025 年发表在《Current Biology》上的一篇研究给出了答案：猫咪在睡觉时有明显的“左侧卧”偏好<sup …

The soft bigotry of low expectations

2026-01-09
The headline of this NYT op-ed says it all: “Kennedy Is Telling Americans How to Eat. It’s Not Crazy Advice.” That’s funny; the news article about the guidelines says that they “flip the food pyramid on its head, putting steak, … Continue reading → …

8 arguments against polling (some are good arguments, some are bad)

2026-01-09
  1. Background A few months ago we had a post explaining what pre-election polls can and cannot do. I’ll repeat the first part because I think it’s important, and it’s a story that can confuse people: I think there’s too … Continue reading → …