“We can estimate that a $1 donation to The Humane League would save around 3.5 animals, mostly chickens.” While a noble action, going vegan may not be as impactful as donating 100 USD to an effective animal-welfare charity. Assuming that those who go vegan used to eat as much meat as the average American (although they often ate less meat), they would be saving around 105 animals a year — a little under half of the animals that could be saved by the 100 USD donation. 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
