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Spem in alium nunquam habui (Hope in any other, never did I have)

This piece of music is probably like nothing you have ever heard. Maybe because it is nearly 500 years old it feels like it is from another world. Maybe because it is written for eight choirs with five voices each the forty parts it's so complex you'd be pressed even to hum some of the tune afterwards....
Source: wikipedia.org

'Undiscovered Titian painting' found in Ledbury church

"An art historian claims to have found the Renaissance master's signature during restoration work." Fascinating story especially the then - plague - and now - pandemic angle. Enormous dedication from the historian and team who have been working on it - over 11,000 hours of work. Can't remember seeing...
Source: bbc.com

The conundrum of interleukin-6 blockade in COVID-19

"In The Lancet Rheumatology, Noa Biran and colleagues offer important real-life insight into the use of tocilizumab in the most critically ill population of mechanically ventilated patients admitted to the intensive care unit."
Source: thelancet.com

Lorentzian-geometry-based analysis of airplane boarding policies highlights

Lorentzian-geometry-based analysis of airplane boarding policies highlights “slow passengers first” as better: This paper tackles the problem of airplane boarding by making use of geodesics in an appropriate spacetime. The authors find that boarding slower passengers first reduces the total boarding...
Source: aps.org

Creating cohorts: how to solve the online learning conundrum - Personnel Today: The ease of access to online learning has

Creating cohorts: how to solve the online learning conundrum - Personnel Today: The ease of access to online learning has solved many training problems, but it has also created new ones. Tim Sarchet explains the importance of learning in groups.
Source: personneltoday.com