Five Quick Links for Wednesday Noonish

Since the White House isn't doing any contact tracing related to its Covid-19 superspreader outbreak, here's an excellent tracking effort from a group of concerned citizens. [public.tableau.com]

A recent study shows that people adhering to an intermittent fasting diet didn't lose more weight (statistically speaking) when compared to those in a control group. "People in clinical trials [tend] to lose weight no matter what you do." [twitter.com]

Everyone I know is either drinking more these days or has stopped drinking. If you're in the latter category (or would like to be), check out Good Drinks, a new book of alcohol-free cocktails recipes from Julia Bainbridge. [bookshop.org]

Interesting to see the CRISPR Nobel go to Charpentier & Doudna over George Church & Feng Zhang – the two groups have been jockeying for invention credit for years. But Nobels can only be shared by a max of 3 people. [sciencemag.org]

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna for their work on the CRISPR genome editing system. [nytimes.com]

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