Notices by Matt Willemsen (mattotcha@mastodon.social)

Climate Trace
Comprehensive Emissions Tracking
Built by a global, not-for-profit coalition of over 100 universities, scientists, and AI experts
https://climatetrace.org/

Ranked: Duolingo’s Most Popular Languages in Every Country in 2024
About half of the world’s population speaks at least two languages.
Learning a second language is a valuable endeavor, improving cognitive function, social awareness, and providing more career opportunities.
https://www.visualcapital

- Cute -
Scientists Reveal Why the Human Face Is Smaller Than a Neanderthal’s
Facial growth stops at puberty in Homo sapiens.
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-reveal-why-the-human-face-is-smaller-than-a-neanderthals/

Investigating Rainfall-Rich Periods in North America
A record of soil moisture that extends over one thousand years allows for the investigation of occurrence and causes of modern and historical rainfall-rich periods.
https://eos.org/editor-highlights/investigating-rainfall-rich-periods-in-north-a

Breakthrough: World's Smallest Pacemaker Is The Size of a Rice Grain
https://www.sciencealert.com/breakthrough-worlds-smallest-pacemaker-is-the-size-of-a-rice-grain

DON'T go to Walmart. Go to one of the companies supporting DEI.
- - - Full list of companies supporting DEI effort
https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXPreppers/comments/1iavpk1/full_list_of_companies_supporting_dei_effort/
- - - 100+ Black-Owned Businesses to Support Today and Always
https://www.goodho

Authoritarian narratives can shape Japanese public opinion, researchers find
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-authoritarian-narratives-japanese-opinion.html

Alzheimer’s Puzzle Piece Found: The Inflammatory Trigger That May Accelerate Dementia
Researchers have identified the precise mechanism by which the inflammatory signaling molecule IL-12 contributes to the development of Alzheimer’s disease.
https://scitechdaily.com/alzheimers-puzzle-piece-found-the

Trump supporters' verdict on who should resign over Signal 'war plans' leak revealed in shock poll
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14545141/trump-supporters-resign-signal-group-chat-yemen-leak-poll.html

Breaking | Beijing launches military drills around Taiwan
PLA conducts joint exercises near Taiwan to demonstrate military readiness amid rising tensions
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3304652/pla-launches-military-drills-around-taiwan?utm_source=rss_feed

U.S. Foreign Aid Freeze & Dissolution of USAID: Timeline of Events
https://www.kff.org/u-s-foreign-aid-freeze-dissolution-of-usaid-timeline-of-events/

A sensible Secretary of Defense would have put Bob Woodward on the group chat.
We wouldn't have heard a thing about it for two years.

Fast Radio Burst Traced Back to The Last Place We Expected
The mystery of fast radio bursts (FRBs) just got a little bit weirder.
https://www.sciencealert.com/fast-radio-burst-traced-back-to-the-last-place-we-expected

- if they snuggle really close together -
Research suggests lovers fit into four categories
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-lovers-categories.html

‘He knows how to make sure that there is no evidence’: when your domestic violence abuser is a police officer
https://theconversation.com/he-knows-how-to-make-sure-that-there-is-no-evidence-when-your-domestic-violence-abuser-is-a-police-officer-250754

Machine learning approach simulates geochemical element concentrations in rocks and stream sediments
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-machine-approach-simulates-geochemical-element.html

Married men are doing more cleaning and laundry than in the past
The shift in gender roles around the house took decades, but the pandemic helped
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/married-men-doing-more-cleaning-laundry

New Record: Reactor Crosses 'Crucial Milestone' in Achieving Nuclear Fusion
https://www.sciencealert.com/new-record-reactor-crosses-crucial-milestone-in-achieving-nuclear-fusion

Countries across the world use more land for golf courses than wind or solar energy
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-countries-world-golf-courses-solar.html

Catalytic Computing Taps the Full Power of a Full Hard Drive
https://www.quantamagazine.org/catalytic-computing-taps-the-full-power-of-a-full-hard-drive-20250218/