According to Zach Lloyd, working on a project by yourself for too long is one of the worst mistakes an engineer could make; you go longer without the feedback that keeps you on the right track and fixes problems before they get too complicated. Early-career engineers are said to be mainly at fault as they’re not used to working in a team in class. They usually work solo and are too used to presenting a big chunk of progress instead of bite-sized pieces that colleagues can review easily. Read full article here
Oddities
The Curious Case of the Ancient Brain
In 2008, archaeologists examining the University of York discovered something strange: the decapitated head of an Iron Age man and his very shrivelled but very much intact brain. How a centuries-old brain was preserved is still unknown, but research suggests that it could have been because of brain diseases like dementia. The Yorkshire man’s brain’s proteins were bunched up together, much like how dementia causes brain proteins to bunch up into plaques. This bunching up, or aggregation, could continue even after death, turning regions of the brain into hard masses. Read full article here
Merv
September 30, 2022
