On arXiv today, one of the strangest math papers I’ve seen: a proof of a result in metric geometry in the form of a fantasy novellette

A non-Euclidean story or: how to persist when your geometry doesn’t

Hidden Mortality In Spain

Hidden Mortality In Spain

“For instance, in the autonomous community of Castile and Leon historical averages would predict 500 deaths between March 17th and March 24th. But there were 385 more deaths than would be expected. Official COVID fatalities, however, were only 112. So the number of unexplained anomalous deaths, which are presumably tied to the COVID pandemic, are more than twice the number of those showing up on the official COVID tallies.”