THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“To measure is to know.”

— Eratosthenes of Cyrene

BIRTHDAYS:

1695 André Chéron, French organist, harpsichordist, and composer. Sonate en FaM

1913 Mary Leakey, British paleoanthropologist who discovered the first fossilised Proconsul skull, an extinct ape believed to be ancestral to humans.

1941 Spencer Silver, American scientist and inventor of Post-it® Notes.

MISCELLANEOUS:

INTERESTING. Scientists Identify Key Protein That Could Reverse Brain Aging

SURPRISE. Statins do not cause the majority of side effects listed in package leaflets, large-scale analysis finds

REMINDER:

In the future, before locking things down again (including free speech and the freedom to assemble), the authorities should become acquainted with the following:

Nuremberg Code

Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza

Great Barrington declaration