Weekly Filet #228: Losing things, losing loved ones. And more.
1. When Things Go Missing (The New Yorker)
An exceptionally beautiful piece. It's all about losing. How we will lose roughly 200'000 things over the course of our lives. How the meaning of «to lose» changed over time, from minds to hearts, to everything. And how this all is connected to losing a loved one.
2. What happens to your body when you die in space? (Popular Science)
File under: Questions you never bothered to ask yourselves. And the answer is more multifaceted than you might think (also, remember this as a conversation starter: «While the UN has regulations about littering in space, the rules may not apply to human corpses.»)
3. World Press Photo 2017 Gallery
The complete gallery of this year's winners. If you can, go see the exhibition when it's somewhere near you.
4. The 7 biggest problems facing science, according to 270 scientists (Vox.com)
A closer look at how science is hijacked by all the wrong incentives. Which makes outcomes worse than they could be, and should be.
5. Seeing human lives in spreadsheets: The work of Hans Rosling (The BMJ)
An homage to Hans Rosling, who knew how to bring data to life and tell stories with it.