February 6, 2014
Briefly
- From Feòrag NicBhrìde, the essential map of Europe and environs, showing the local word(s) for beer
- From Derek Lowe, a post about recent research suggesting antioxidants may be positively bad for you (translation note: ‘reactive oxygen species’ is roughly what used to be called ‘free radicals’ in this context)
- Kelly Norton has an interactive map showing the number of ‘pleasant’ days per year in parts of the US. The projection is a bit ugly but the data are interesting. By his definition, essentially all Auckland days without rain are ‘pleasant’, so Auckland has about 165 pleasant days per year, putting it ahead of everywhere except a few places on the California coast. The key thing he misses out is humidity, so the map says Flagstaff, Arizona has a much less pleasant climate than Chicago, which will be news to many people.
I’m currently in Houston, where it’s pleasant
Thomas Lumley (@tslumley) is Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Auckland. His research interests include semiparametric models, survey sampling, statistical computing, foundations of statistics, and whatever methodological problems his medical collaborators come up with. He also blogs at Biased and Inefficient See all posts by Thomas Lumley »