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Muscle loss as we age, especially for women, is a big problem, and this article suggests protein is key to keeping us strong. via NPR

Jason Crawford's talk examines how the Enlightenment's optimism about progress faded in the 20th century and how to restore this belief. via The Roots of Progress

This episode of the 99% Invisible podcast series about *The Power Broker* picks up in 1918 with Robert Moses' career at a low point and features guest Jamelle Bouie.

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Longreads recommends an article about Mike Satinover, who opened Akahoshi Ramen in Chicago after a life-changing experience with miso ramen in Japan.

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Tyler Cowen shares a collection of links on topics ranging from language acquisition to the economics of Taylor Swift. via Marginal REVOLUTION

Researchers explored how pre-training data size and task alignment impact the performance of large language models and even proposed a new scaling law to predict it.

Longreads shares how AI is being used to decipher scrolls buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, with AI investor Nat Friedman sponsoring a machine-learning competition to help the effort.

Tyler Cowen recommends a "very long, very detailed, and very good" podcast review by Zvi Mowshowitz that covers his thoughts on a podcast featuring Cowen in conversation with Dwarkesh Patel. via The source of this content is Marginal Revolution, a blog and website co-authored by economists Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok.