Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia@qoto.org

"The Origami Maps (Dresden, 1914-1918)

These maps, or objects, represent the sole known instance of an attempt at creativity by the Margrave. Like so many Europeans of his generation, von Willebrand was enthralled by Japanese art, and he developed a particular fascination with origami – a set of techniques with ancestral origins in Japan whose basic principles influenced the “folds of truth, folds of life and folds of beauty” ideas of German pedagogue Friedrich Fröbel.

Tragically, von Willebrand brought his newfound creativity to bear on the problems of cryptography – the Margrave was ever mindful of his duty to the Fatherland. von Willebrand’s work on the tactical applications of origami in the battlefield somehow managed to pique the interest of the Kaiser’s father, Frederick III, during his brief 99-day reign. When Frederick died, his relationship with the Margrave ultimately led his son Kaiser Wilhelm II to authorize a field test of the origami system during the Third Battle of Ypres. As a result, an entire German reconnaissance platoon was picked off one by one by a perplexed British sniper as they tried to fold paper while wearing full anti-gas gear." https://madalenaparreira.com/SPAM #maps #print #origami #origamiart #printmaking #handmade

An analysis of #LongCovid cases among cancer patients at MD Anderson Cancer Center.
#covid19 #covid

https://elifesciences.org/articles/81182

@colehaddon It's a breeze to read - perhaps with one of these in hand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbpPmrL9bdc

@colehaddon Tucci's food memoir, Taste, is a lovely book (with some great recipes)

Haruki Murakami on originality in art & literature (from "Novelist as a Vocation".

#books #writers #bookshelf #literature

With a beautiful view of the Canals

'Yet it is still early days for AI drug discovery. There are a lot of AI companies making claims they can’t back up, says Prakash: “If somebody tells you they can perfectly predict which drug molecule can get through the gut or not get broken up by the liver, things like that, they probably also have land to sell you on Mars.”

https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/02/15/1067904/ai-automation-drug-development/?utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement&utm_medium=tr_social&utm_source=LinkedIn

'But the most productive plasma centres are clustered along the southern border, where Mexican citizens cross over to sell plasma in the US. “Our political leaders like Trump don’t want them in the United States but we have been allowing people to cross over to mine their bodies for blood plasma, so what does that say about us?”

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/mar/02/blood-money-book-kathleen-mclaughlin

“Es una radiografía de la impotencia y de la falta de voluntad. Unos obispos que cooperan, otros que no, la Iglesia parece que sí quiere, pero no quiere, creo que es todo una gran mentira. Desde el primer momento esta auditoría me pareció una pamema."

https://elpais.com/sociedad/2023-03-02/las-victimas-desencantadas-con-el-giro-de-la-auditoria-de-la-iglesia-de-los-abusos-es-todo-una-gran-mentira.html

“The critical technology tracker shows that, for some technologies, all of the world’s top 10 leading research institutions are based in China and are collectively generating nine times more high-impact research papers than the second-ranked country (most often the US).”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/02/china-leading-us-in-technology-race-in-all-but-a-few-fields-thinktank-finds

"Researchers who hold at least three grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) make up a growing portion of its grantees, according to a new study. White men predominate among these “super” principal investigators (PIs), with women and Black researchers much less likely to be part of this elite group."

https://www.science.org/content/article/women-black-researchers-less-likely-hold-multiple-nih-grants

FDA panel votes on Pfizer and GSK RSV vaccines

"On Tuesday, the panel voted in favor of the Pfizer vaccine by 7 to 4, with one abstention, on its safety and efficacy. On Wednesday, it voted 10 to 2 in favor of the GSK vaccine’s safety and unanimously on the shot’s efficacy."

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/01/health/rsv-vaccine-fda.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage&section=Health