At first glance, the Town of Woodside’s wishes to be declared a mountain lion sanctuary to prevent further development seem noble. However, local and international critics alike are slamming this decision as a blatant attempt to skirt the housing mandates imposed by the state of California. SB9, which allows the state to build duplexes and fourplexes on lots zoned for single-family housing to address California’s housing problem, is the latest in a line of property development strategies that Woodside has vehemently opposed in the last few years. 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
