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Unsorted interesting articles/papers
Updated 18d
Collection
Updated 18d
Do we actually know how to make cities safer for women?
Women-only buses, catcalling fines and gender-sensitive design — we've tried them all.
British food was complex, multicultural and flavourful in the 18th century – despite what you might think
The King’s table was full of flavours from the British empire and beyond.
How The Heck Do Record Players Work? (An Interactive Exploration)
An interactive exploration of how record players work: from a stylus, grooves, and magnets to the RIAA curve and playback speed.
Male-like ornamentation in female hummingbirds results from social harassment rather than sexual selection
Female white-necked jacobin hummingbirds are polymorphic—some express ornamented plumage like adult males. Falk et al. find that all juvenile females have male-like plumage, which some maintain as adults. Rather than being favored by sexual selection, male-like plumage benefits females by reducing social harassment from this and other species.
