Nature has a more detailed article https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00383-3?s=08 describing why they chose petunias, and propagation via cuttings.
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rank, title, total check outs, date of publication, check outs p.a.
1 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 231,022 1998 10501
2 The Snowy Day 485,583 1962 8372
3 Where the Wild Things Are 436,016 1963 7649
4 The Cat in the Hat 469,650 1957 7455
5 To Kill a Mockingbird 422,912 1962 7292
6 1984 441,770 1949 6222
7 Charlotte's Web 337,948 1952 4970
8 Fahrenheit 451 316,404 1953 4722
9 The Very Hungry Caterpillar 189,550 1969 3717
10 How to Win Friends and Influence People 284,524 1936 3387
Data from https://125.nypl.org/125/topcheckouts which mentions other factors, such as shorter books having higher turnover.
The first proposed "solution" merely promotes participation rates as a measure of gender equity, and the 2nd proposal "Provide female entrepreneurs with..." just adds another form of inequity. Only the 4th proposal seems truly gender neutral and constructive.
People who compare cricket to baseball ("baseball on valium" as Robin Williams said) generally miss the variety that is made possible by bouncing the ball off the pitch, which greatly enriches the sport.
"Many dyslexics have problems with 'crowding', where they're distracted by the words surrounding the word they're trying to read," says John Stein, Professor of Neuroscience at Oxford University and chair of the Dyslexia Research Trust. "When reading text on a small phone, you're reducing the crowding effect" (Hill, 2010).