The findings this week: 1. The basics of China's economic model * A spectre is haunting the West — the spectre of authoritarian capitalism 2. Harvard's endowment * Harvard announces salary and hiring freezes 3. What's involved in an ICU * How to set up an ICU 4. Conspiracy theories * Conspiracy and Democracy * John Naughton's quarantine diary * Jair Bolsonaro claims NGOs behind Amazon forest fire surge – but provides no evidence * Brussels accuses Orbán of peddling conspiracy theory with Juncker poster * Ruling party blames Muslims for spreading the coronavirus, would-be autocrats use Covid-19 as an excuse to grab power 5. Volcanic lightning * brownpau on Taal * Lava fountain times * Popular Science on volcanic lightning * Popular Mechanics: How to stir up lightning in a lab * Wikipedia on Taal's 2020 eruption * Rappler's Taal eruption timeline 6. Space elevators * Sky Line, a documentary from 2015 * Wikipedia

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