Mon. 03/14 - Why COVID Causes Loss of Smell and How To (Maybe) Get It Back
How many digits of pi is the right amount to use? Plus, what actually causes people to lose their sense of smell when they get COVID? And how can you work to recover yours if you lost it? And, Saturday Night Live’s Pete Davidson is going to space....
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Show Notes
How many digits of pi is the right amount to use? Plus, what actually causes people to lose their sense of smell when they get COVID? And how can you work to recover yours if you lost it? And, Saturday Night Live’s Pete Davidson is going to space.
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Links:
- Vsauce short explaining Not A Wake (Vsauce, Twitter)
- Not a Wake: A Dream Embodying (Pi)'s Digits Fully for 10000 Decimals by Michael Keith
- How Much Pi Do You Really Need? (Wired)
- 20 Best Pi Day 2022 Deals and Freebies on Pizza, Pies and More (Good Housekeeping)
- How the Coronavirus Steals the Sense of Smell (NY Times)
- Covid Stole Your Sense of Smell? Try Physical Therapy for Your Nose. (NY Times)
- Pete Davidson will go to space on Blue Origin’s 4th human flight (CNBC)
- SNL star Pete Davidson is heading to space with crew of five on next Blue Origin flight (The Verge)
- 24 Years (Kottke.org)
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- Jackson Bird on Twitter
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