Microscopy, Flesh-Eating Worms, and Giving Up on the Pandemic: Lux Recommends #232
Welcome to Lux Recommends #232, this week’s edition of what we at Lux are reading and thinking about (want to receive this by email? Sign up here).
Articles
America Is Giving Up on the Pandemic: “Businesses are reopening. Protests are erupting nationwide. But the virus isn’t done with us.” — Sam
When 511 Epidemiologists Expect to Fly, Hug and Do 18 Other Everyday Activities Again — Adam K
The COVID Racial Data Tracker — Deena
‘It opens up a whole new universe’: Revolutionary microscopy technique sees individual atoms for first time: “Cryo-electron microscopy breaks a key barrier that will allow the workings of proteins to be probed in unprecedented detail.” — Josh
America’s Never-Ending Battle Against Flesh-Eating Worms: This is a wild ride: the US spends $15 million a year rearing flesh-eating worms to save American farmers $1b+ in year costs each year. — Alex
Christopher Nolan Blew Up a Real 747 Plane For His New Movie ‘Tenet’ Because It Was ‘More Efficient’ Than CGI — Adam K
A Jewish Dynasty in a Changing China: “For more than a century, the fortunes of the powerful Kadoorie family have been a barometer of Chinese openness to the world.” — Seth Gerson, CEO of Lux portfolio company Survios
COVID-19 Can Last for Several Months: ‘The disease’s “long-haulers” have endured relentless waves of debilitating symptoms — and disbelief from doctors and friends.’ — Deena
Rethinking the Hospital for the Next Pandemic: “The coronavirus caught hospitals flat-footed. Now, worried about a resurgence and future infectious diseases, they want to make sure that doesn’t happen again.” — Adam G
‘Speed’: A Tale of Many Buses — Adam K
This incredibly rare white grizzly has emerged in Banff. Why experts hope you never see it — Adam K
Television
Police: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — Sam
Videos
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