Dovi's Digest Volume 12
A weekly newsletter for all your intellectual, spiritual and physical needs
Hi All, and welcome to Volume 12 of Dovi’s Digest.
The weeks are flying by and I can’t believe that this edition marks three months since the first iteration of Dovi’s Digest. Pat yourselves on the back for helping me get this far. As the aforementioned week flew by, I didn’t really pen down any thoughts as what to put at the start of the newsletter. So I decided that in the interest of full honesty and disclosure, instead of some hackneyed attempt at writing a blurb or a paragraph, I’d rather tell you why I didn’t instead.
In this week's edition, we have how Rover is manipulating you, a couple articles about memory (I forget which ones *groan*) and the story of an epic swim, which may or may not have happened.
There were two correct answers to last week’s riddle. Well done to Ori Tobias (second week!) and Dan Rabinovitch. The answer and this week’s riddle are below.
Some exciting news on the admin front, I will soon have a website! If you were late to the DD party and want to finally close that infinitely deep hole in your soul which wracks you with guilt every day, then you’ll soon be able to access my archive. That guilt will be assuaged and you can carry on with your much richer life. Hazzah!
In addition, over the next few weeks I’m going to be moving over to the official Digest email address. So please make sure to add dovisdigest@gmail.com to your address book to continue getting that sweet sweet content.
Keep those articles (and brainteasers and facts and cartoons and…) coming!
All the best
Dovi
And now, the articles:
Memories Can Be Injected and Survive Amputation and Metamorphosis
If a headless worm can regrow a memory, then where is the memory stored? And if a memory can regenerate, can you transfer it?
Airplane! Is Considered One of the Best Comedies of All Time. But 40 Years Ago, No One Saw It Coming
In the summer of 1980, there were only two big-studio comedies that anyone was buzzing about. Neither one of them was Airplane!
The Great Forgetting
Our first three years are usually a blur and we don’t remember much before age seven. What are we hiding from ourselves?
Science Proves a Harsh Truth About Very Good Dogs
Don’t worry though, they’re still good dogs.
Why It’s So Hard to Study the Toxic Dust Blowing from the World’s Youngest Desert
(Courtesy of Ori Tobias)
It all comes down to something scientists call “ground truth”.
The Remote British Village That Built One of the U.K.’S Fastest Internet Networks
The serene, postcard-perfect village of Clapham is becoming known for more than just its views.
Breaking the Waves
In her sixties, a swimmer revives her old dream: to swim from Florida to Cuba – 111 miles – no matter how many curious sharks or stinging jellyfish get in her way.
Quote of the Week:
“Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike.” – Oscar Wilde
Facts of the Week (Passport Edition):
You can be blocked from getting a Swiss passport if your neighbours find you too annoying.
Norwegian passports display the Aurora Borealis under a UV light.
Horses competing in the Olympics have their own passports and fly business class.
Cartoon of the Week:
Brainteaser of the Week:
The following fictitious compound is primarily made up of the following elements. Two large components, however, have been omitted: what percentage does the compound have of gold and silver?
Al = 22%
Sn = 10%
Pt = 8%
Fe = 2%
Ag = ?
Au = ?
Last week’s Brainteaser and answer:
Heather lives with her teenage son, James, in the countryside—a car ride away from James’ school. Every afternoon, Heather leaves the house at the same time, drives to the school at a constant speed, picks James up exactly when his chess club ends at 5 p.m., and then they immediately return home together at the same constant speed. But one day, James isn’t feeling well, so he leaves chess practice early and starts to head home on his bike.
After James has been biking for an hour, Heather comes across him in her car (on her usual route to pick him up), and they return together, arriving home 40 minutes earlier than they usually do. How much chess practice did James miss?
Answer:
80 minutes. The full workings can be found here.
Is there something you particularly liked or didn’t like? Let me know at dovisdigest@gmail.com