[NEWS] Five science links: Vikings vs Anglo Saxons, Spanish flu, medicine, flowers & farms, psych

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• Science Nordic notes that, in terms of their genetic imprint on indigenous populations, the Vikings had much less of an impact on Anglo-Saxon England than the Anglo-Saxons did on Celtic Britain.


• Slate considers why the Spanish flu of 1918 has generally fallen out of popular memory, despite its massive impact at the time.


• This David Dobbs article at WIRED looks at how the medical miracle of hand transplantation surgery turned out to be more fraught than many had imagined.


• Can strips of wildflowers planted across fields, by restoring natural environments and pest control methods, help modern agriculture? The Guardian reports.


• Daniel Hruschka at The Conversation notes that psychological studies which recruit overwhelmingly from subjects in the high-income world do not reflect human nature very well.