We’re familiar with the fact that jurors in the Chauvin trial would naturally and almost inevitably feel that anything but a guilty verdict would spark more rioting and destruction, not only in their home town of Minneapolis but around the … Continue reading →
Wow: In a stunningly rare discovery, dozens of 2,000-year-old biblical scroll fragments have been excavated from Judean Desert caves during a daring rescue operation. Most of the newly discovered scroll fragments — the first such finds in 60 years — … Continue reading →
Certain things about COVID should have been obvious early on to anyone who did any research about it and thought about it. For example, take a look at this post from February 27, 2020: I’ve read that for infectious diseases, … Continue reading →
Actually, maybe not. So, a giant solar farm could generate ample energy to meet global demand and simultaneously turn one of the most hostile environments on Earth into a habitable oasis. Sounds perfect, right? Not quite. In a recent study, … Continue reading →
In my recent explorations in the field of popular music, I was reading an article in which a certain person’s singing voice was described as having vibrato, and I immediately thought, “No, it was tremolo.” Then I suddenly realized that, … Continue reading →
There’s weather trouble and resultant power trouble in Texas. Here’s what’s going on there: Nearly half of Texas’ installed wind power generation capacity has been offline because of frozen wind turbines in West Texas, according to Texas grid operators. Wind … Continue reading →
When I read this story I thought of the ancient Greeks, who had a fine sense of hubris/nemesis: Bill Gates, among others, is backing the Harvard Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiment. The SCoPEx is researching a form of “geoengineering” to prevent … Continue reading →
Here’s another promising development, although once again it’s been tested only in mice: Researchers have restored vision in old mice and in mice with damaged retinal nerves by resetting some of the thousands of chemical marks that accumulate on DNA … Continue reading →
Could this be true?: Just a few doses of an experimental drug can reverse age-related declines in memory and mental flexibility in mice, according to a new study by UC San Francisco scientists. The drug, called ISRIB, has already been … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: commenter “I am Sparticus.”] I found this video fascinating. I know enough about math and graphs (although nothing about programming) to more or less understand what they’re saying, but I can’t evaluate it independently. Also, I don’t know … Continue reading →
Good news from Pfizer: Of course, [Pfizer] announced less than a week after the election that its COVID-19 vaccine is 90% effective in the latest study. Pfizer also said it would ask to put the vaccine on the market “if … Continue reading →
…the electric power will come from (or other technology, such as pressurized hydrogen) to run all these non-gas cars? How will it be generated, and at what financial and environmental cost? Or is this just virtue-signaling by the governor, since … Continue reading →