Your last reminder: we are still having a women in science and tech policy meetup/drinks/mixer tonight at Newspeak House. Please come!
The UK has banned lead ammunition to protect wildlife. Lee Crawfurd argues that the UK should also move to protect children from lead exposure.
The US will burn about a million pounds of food aid this week, rather than send it to malnourished people abroad.
- finds that abortion is about twice as common in the UK as it is in Germany - would be curious to see more work on this in comparative perspective.
Raising the minimum wage in California (in fast food restaurants) also reduced employment.
- argues “history shows that as the world gets richer, it chooses to spend [more time] in Europe on vacation”. In related news, I should figure out what to do with my annual leave…
The average UK university student takes on nearly twice as much student debt as the average American (£45,000 vs. $29,000).
A sociologist has plotted the coat colors of Istanbul’s street cats.