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# Further Reading
- URL: https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/06/29/further-reading-101/
- Published: 2024-06-29T15:05:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-07-30T09:21:32.000Z
- Description: On getting the life you want. The enduring mystery of how water freezes. Primordial black holes. Why sleep deprivation disrupts memory. Patricia Lockwood on A.S. Byatt. Egypt’s new USD 1-billion mega-museum. Counting crows and more.
- Author: Ivar Hagendoorn
- Tags: Blog, Further Reading

Adam Phillips on [getting the life you want](https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n12/adam-phillips/on-getting-the-life-you-want?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

[Interview](https://www.zeit.de/2024/25/rem-koolhaas-architektur-demokratie-europa-indonesien?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) with the always interesting Rem Koolhaas (auf Deutsch). “Europäer streben nur noch nach Komfort und Sicherheit. Also nach Faulheit.”

Island-wide characterization of agricultural production [challenges the demographic collapse hypothesis for Rapa Nui](https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ado1459?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) (Easter Island). The so-called “ecocide” of the Rapa Nui, popularized by Jared Diamond in *Collapse* is a myth that should be relegated to the bin of outdated theories. The collapse was caused by slave trade, enforced migration and the introduction of new diseases.

The enduring mystery of [how water freezes](https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-enduring-mystery-of-how-water-freezes-20240617/?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

Mathematicians attempt to glimpse past the Big Bang. By studying the geometry of model space-times, researchers offer [alternative views of the universe’s first moments](https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-attempt-to-glimpse-past-the-big-bang-20240531/?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

Chimps use more plant medicines than any other animal. A [recent study](https://www.science.org/content/article/chimps-use-more-plant-medicines-any-other-animal?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) suggests sick chimpanzees go out of their way to find plants with antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties.

These [crows may count](https://www.science.org/content/article/these-crows-may-count-way-similar-human-toddlers?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) in a way similar to human toddlers.

Patricia Lockwood [on A.S. Byatt](https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n12/patricia-lockwood/isn-t-that-.-.-.-female?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

Sleep deprivation disrupts memory: [here’s why](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01732-y?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

[Primordial black holes](https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n11/david-kaiser/black-hole-flyby?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

[Detecting hallucinations in large language models](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07421-0?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) using semantic entropy.

[Surrealism’s influence](https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n11/hal-foster/big-toes-are-gross?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

Egypt’s new USD 1-billion [mega-museum](https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-024-01467-w?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

The potential of micro- and nanoplastics to [exacerbate the health impacts and global burden of non-communicable diseases](https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-medicine/fulltext/S2666-3791%2824%2900273-8?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

[Adorno’s aesthetics](https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n11/owen-hatherley/wild-resistance?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

How to raise your Artificial Intelligence: A [conversation](https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/how-to-raise-your-artificial-intelligence-a-conversation-with-alison-gopnik-and-melanie-mitchell/?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) with Alison Gopnik and Melanie Mitchell.

[Most life on Earth is dormant](https://www.quantamagazine.org/most-life-on-earth-is-dormant-after-pulling-an-emergency-brake-20240605/?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com), after pulling an ‘emergency brake’. Many microbes and cells are in deep sleep, waiting for the right moment to activate. Biologists discovered a widespread protein that abruptly shuts down a cell’s activity — and turns it back on just as fast.