Five Quick Links for Monday Noonish

11 facts about coast redwoods. They drink fog, their bark is a foot thick, and some were alive during the Roman Empire. I love redwoods. [treehugger.com]

"Hailed as 'the Sistine Chapel of the ancients', archaeologists have found tens of thousands of paintings of animals and humans created up to 12,500 years ago across cliff faces that stretch across nearly eight miles in Colombia." [theguardian.com]

From the medical journal The Lancet, a collection of short obituaries of medical professionals from around the world who have died of Covid-19. [thelancet.com]

Final "absolutely remarkable" results from Moderna's vaccine trials: 94.1% efficacy and "no one who got Moderna's vaccine in trial developed severe COVID-19". [sciencemag.org]

Ava DuVernay is set to write & direct a film adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson's Caste for Netflix. [variety.com]

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