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The World’s Most Expensive Eating Disorder

Desmolysium | 25th November 2024

Analysis of American entrepreneur Bryan Johnson’s much-publicised anti-ageing effort: “Project Blueprint”. Although not underweight due to a fair amount of muscle, his extremely low body fat levels and ritualistic behaviours indicate “an eating disorder concealed under the veil of health and fitness”. A cautionary tale about relying on select biomarkers as a measure of health (3,500 words)

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Papermaking: A Rags To Riches Story

Patrick Hastings | Library Of Congress | 5th December 2024

If old, rare books seem to be in good condition, that is not merely owing to preservation efforts. They were printed on high-quality paper made from cloth rags, not wood pulp — with processes that the Italians adopted from China and the Middle East in the 1300s. The books we see today with yellowed, brittle paper are products of a change in 19C Western papermaking for an increasingly literate society (1,900 words)

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