Monday assorted links

1. The evolution of rattlesnake venom.

2. In 2022, for better or worse, it was the American public who supported masks on planes.

3. “Yields on short-term government debt have dipped into negative territory in recent days as traders bet that the Swiss National Bank will respond with interest rate cuts. Two-year Swiss yields, which reflect expectations for interest rates, traded marginally below zero on Friday.”  From the FT.

4. The research on fluoride and IQ.

5. Ethnographic Records, Folklore, and AI.

6. “…Americans in their 20s are about half as likely to adopt their spouses’ names as were their octogenarian grandparents.”

7. o3 on 100 human males vs. angry gorilla.