Do you think of Donkey from Shrek when you hear about a donkey that escapes its humans and is found living happily with an elk herd? I did. I love runaway donkey stories. This week I also have links about QWERTY keyboard history, circular food systems, games and game theory, the history of microbiology, and how the square root of 2 became a number. Hope you find these interesting, fun, and perhaps a little odd. Like a runaway donkey living their best life.
Circular food systems found to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, require much less agricultural land
https://phys.org/news/2024-06-circular-food-greenhouse-gas-emissions.html
Pet donkey found ‘living best life’ with elk, five years after escape
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjjje07x35do
Fact of Fiction? The Legend of the QWERTY Keyboard | Smithsonian
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/fact-of-fiction-the-legend-of-the-qwerty-keyboard-49863249/
Meet the Forgotten Woman Who Revolutionized Microbiology With a Simple Kitchen Staple | Smithsonian
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/meet-the-forgotten-woman-who-revolutionized-microbiology-with-a-simple-kitchen-staple-180984572/
How the Square Root of 2 Became a Number | Quanta Magazine
https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-the-square-root-of-2-became-a-number-20240621/
How games and game theory have changed the world
https://www.economist.com/culture/2024/06/20/how-games-and-game-theory-have-changed-the-world?utm\_id=120201387568270079
A foreboding look at how game theory influences AI
https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/06/20/playing-with-reality-game-theory-artificial-intelligence-kelly-clancy-review/