Thu. 08/26 - What If All Food Was Square?

<p><strong><em>The 7,200 year old skeleton of a teenage girl is shaking up what we thought we knew about ancient human migration. The creative solution an Oregon hospital has come up with to support its overworked staff, and what we can do to help lessen their load. And a new startup that wants to disrupt the way we eat our meals, specifically by making all of our food look like identical little bricks.</em></strong></p><p>Sponsor:</p><ul><li>Upstart, <a href="http://upstart.com/kottke" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">upstart.com/kottke</a></li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/aug/26/genetic-fossil-intact-dna-from-woman-who-lived-7200-years-ago-discovered-in-indonesia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‘Genetic fossil’: intact DNA from woman who lived 7,200 years ago discovered in Indonesia</a> (The Guardian)</li><li><a href="https://theconversation.com/who-were-the-toaleans-ancient-womans-dna-provides-first-evidence-for-the-origin-of-a-mysterious-lost-culture-166565" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Who were the Toaleans? Ancient woman's DNA provides first evidence for the origin of a mysterious lost culture</a> (The Conversation)</li><li><a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-woman-s-remains-reveal-genetics-never-seen-in-any-human-population" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">7,200-Year-Old Human DNA With Unique Denisovan Ancestry Has Been Found in Indonesia</a> (Science Alert)</li><li><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02319-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">First ancient human DNA found from key Asian migration route</a> (Nature)</li><li><a href="https://apnews.com/article/oregon-coronavirus-pandemic-hospitals-b6ed1292d5e50d3ec48c2872e7149261?utm_medium=AP&amp;utm_source=Facebook&amp;utm_campaign=SocialFlow&amp;fbclid=IwAR1vKp0Tr-2mbgE-ZsIS8IZeZwKQ-66J2szOFsPiLFCH_DjCv0U2ZUOqLR4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Oregon, once a virus success story, struggles with surge</a> (AP)</li