Thu. 04/28 - Oreology: The Science of Oreos

Canada has become the first country to release census data on their trans and nonbinary population. Plus, a new study showing how the climate emergency could fuel future pandemics. And, in lighter news, some MIT engineers 3D printed a new device to study why Oreos rarely split the cream filling evenly when you twist them apart.

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Links:

• Canada becomes first country to release census data on trans and non-binary population (Xtra Magazine)
• BC has Canada's 3rd-highest number of transgender, non-binary people per capita, latest census shows (CBC)
• New Study Finds Climate Change Could Spark the Next Pandemic (Georgetown University Medical Center)
• 'Potentially devastating': Climate crisis may fuel future pandemics (The Guardian)
• Climate Change Will Accelerate Viral Spillovers, Study Finds (NY Times)
• MIT engineers introduce the Oreometer (MIT News)
• Files and "how-to" for the Oreometer design files (Crystal Owens, Github) 
• Why Do Oreos Never Come Apart Evenly?: MIT Researchers Build an "Oreometer" to Find the Answer (Open Culture)
• Michael J. Fox Documentary From Davis Guggenheim Headed to Apple (Collider)
• Jackson Bird on Twitter

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