Items of Interest

How To Tackle The Myopia Epidemic

Amit Katwala published a riveting story in WIRED about how the myopia epidemic in Taiwan and how researchers and practitioners discovered the causes of myopia, which is lack of sustained sunlight, and developed a preventative regime for children.

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New Qubit Fault Tolerance Method

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Quanta magazine reports on a fascinating new method of quantum computing qubit grouping that delivers more efficient measurement fault tolerances than the existing 20-year-old industry standard method.

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Filtering Microplastics

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Futurism describes how researchers in Canada have discovered sawdust coating in fruit tannins can filter 95.2% to 99.95 of microplastics from water.

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Addressing Imposter Syndrome

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A Smart Bear offers a quirky way of addressing imposter syndrome, which is to accept that we all suffer from it, even famous people, and if they can succeed despite it, so can you.

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Windmill Heat Generation

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Low Tech magazine published an interesting article about heat generating windmills and how efficient they are using different configurations and technologies. The article demonstrates that a heat generating windmill can cover 40-70% of modern heating needs.

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Innovation

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Going To Antarctica? Get Your Appendix Removed

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A doctor working in Antarctica is required to get their appendix removed before going, because they are the only ones that can remove yours if it's needed while you are there. The rule came about when some doctors had to be evacuated, and another had to operate on himself. My advice would be to get your appendix out if you are going to Antarctica, just to be on the safe side!

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Great Strategy

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A Smart Bear published an excellent piece breaking down what makes a great business strategy, how to formulate one and how to communicate it.

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Getting The Most From Client Meetings

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The Clearword blog published a great post on how to get the most out of client meetings using tactics such as stating meeting objectives at the start, pre-setting an agenda, and task follow-ups.

Business