Friday Links!
I had no idea that avocados were both male and female, depending on the time of day: Balanced polymorphism in a floral transcription factor underlies the ancient rhythm of daily sex alternation in avocado.
A terrific story from the Guardian: The extraordinary untold story of Freddie Mercury: Mary Austin on her best friend – and love of her life.
An incredible miscarriage of justice: A Mississippi death penalty jury was seated. With one Black juror.
For the Star Trek anniversary: Physicist does the math on Star Trek’s “Picard maneuver”.
Fascinating and disturbing: Dr. Death Redux Christopher Duntsch went to prison for killing his patients. Randall Kirby, a gifted surgeon, helped put him there. Then two of his own patients died, and everyone in the medical community fell silent.
This is sadly so common now: 'We are broken': One family's fight against gambling addiction.
From Wally, and it's an all-time oddity in terms of collaborations: Le Creuset Cookware Announces New LE CREUSET x STAR TREK Collaboration for 60th Anniversary. Big Star Trek week: ‘I suggested maybe a lighter touch’: William Shatner on Star Trek at 60. Yiddish spoken in the most unlikely places (though in very small numbers): Yiddish’s ‘revival’ points to its resilience as a portable homeland – and a global reach, from Russia to Mexico to the US.
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