Font Detectives, Diffusion, and a History of Breakfast: Lux Recommends #182
Welcome to Lux Recommends #182, this week’s edition of what we at Lux are reading and thinking about. Note that we’re off next week but back the following week (want to receive this by email? Sign up here).
Articles
I Broke Breakfast: “Americans eat a narrower variety of foods for breakfast than anyone else. It doesn’t have to be this way.” — Sam
The Font Detectives: “For typography experts like Thomas Phinney, the history of the printed word is crucial to weeding out fraud.” — Sam
Progress and the Randomized Time Machine — Sam
Research Design Patterns: “In the spirit of software design patterns, here are some examples of design patterns for academic research, especially in engineering and technology-related fields.” — Sam
The English Word That Hasn’t Changed in Sound or Meaning in 8,000 Years — Sam
Scientists Find One-Billion-Year-Old Fungus In the Canadian Arctic: “The newly identified fungus is about 600 million years older than any other fungi in the fossil record.” — Adam K
Going Critical: A fantastic interactive essay for thinking about network science and diffusion. — Sam
Rare White Giraffes Cause a Stir in Kenya — Adam K
Watch These Cool GIFs Restore Ancient Ruins to Their Former Glory — Adam K
And Do Developers Learn New Tools On The Toilet? — Sam
Books
Exhalation: Stories by Ted Chiang: A new collection of short stories from the author of the story that was the basis for Arrival. A wonderful collection. — Sam
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