Pratik Samant
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Pratik Samant
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He/Him | NHS Radiotherapy Physicist | I occasionally post cancer/physics facts | Views my own | 🇨🇦 in 🇬🇧

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"Their struggles and their deprivation are written on their skeletons." 🏺

If you'd like to read an archaeology article that will rip your heart out and radicalise you, read this. Skip to the discussion/conclusions if graphs aren't your thing:

journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
The expendables: Bioarchaeological evidence for pauper apprentices in 19th century England and the health consequences of child labour
Child labour is the most common form of child abuse in the world today, with almost half of child workers employed in hazardous industries. The large-scale employment of children during the rapid indu...
journals.plos.org
December 10, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Peto's paradox cannot be explained away by lifestyle choices because it is observed across multiple species (including non humans, who don't really make lifestyle choices). It is a cellular phenomenon.
December 3, 2024 at 3:19 PM
www.oncology.ox.ac.uk/team/pratik-... @physgal.bsky.social Hoping that uni url counts as evidence in that case to be added ! :)
November 28, 2024 at 4:09 PM