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Health, Science And Society, Technology and Society

Telomerase

October 1, 2014 Rand Simberg

The Salk Institute seems to have found an on/off switch for cell aging.

Faster, please.

Martine Rothblatt

September 30, 2014 Rand Simberg

As Glenn notes, I’m old enough to have known her decades ago when she was Martin. I saw her for the first time since the sex change a year ago at the New Space conference in San Jose. Anyway, a fascinating profile of her.

[Update a few minutes later]

D’oh! Now it makes sense. Gabriel Rothblatt is Martin’s/Martine’s son. He’s running for Bill Posey’s seat in Florida (at the Cape) on a space platform, and he was at this year’s conference. Unfortunately, he’s a Democrat.

Business, Economics, Media Criticism, Space, Technology and Society

The Blue Origin Engine

September 30, 2014 Rand Simberg 10 Comments

There’s a good report on the Bezos/Bruno announcement over at The Space Review.

Media Criticism, Political Commentary, War Commentary

Presidential Pronoun Problems

September 29, 2014 Rand Simberg 7 Comments

Ron Fournier’s take on Obama’s Sixty Minutes interview:

I, me, my. It's their fault. I, me, my. It's their fault. I, me, my. It's their fault. I, me, my. It's their fault. I, me, my …

— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) September 28, 2014