Fri. 06/04 - Shark-pocalypse & Extinct Flu Strains (possibly)

COVID-19 precautions largely prevented outbreaks of the flu this past winter, and they also may have caused two types of flu viruses to go extinct. Spinking of extinction, sharks apparently lost 90% of their population 19 million years ago and never fully recovered. And what day-to-day life is like for the first team to arrive at the Tokyo Olympic campus.

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Flu virus became less diverse, simplifying task of making flu shots (STAT News) [January] Flu Cases Dramatically Low So Far This Season (Johns Hopkins Medicine) 2 types of flu viruses may have gone extinct (LiveScience) Certain Strains Of Flu May Have Gone Extinct Because Of Pandemic Safety Measures (NPR) Mystery event caused shark populations to crash 19 million years ago (National Geographic) The world saw a shark-pocalypse 19 million years ago, and we don’t know why (Ars Technica) 90% of Sharks Were Mysteriously Wiped Out and Never Recovered, Scientists Find (Vice) Australian Team Arrives at a Constricted Tokyo Olympics (NY Times) Why 'Cursed' Olympics in Tokyo Are Pressing Ahead Amid Covid (NY Times) Elon Musk Files Trademark Paperwork for Tesla Restaurant Concept (Bloomberg) What dishes could Elon Musk's upcoming Tesla drive-in serve us? (A/V Club)  Apple WWDC 2021: iOS 15, new MacBook Pros, and what else to expect (The Verge) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter