An interesting read: How to build a mountain range. I’ve always wanted to see them.
[Via Austin Bay]
Category Archives: Science And Society
Joss Wheedon
He’s starting a new SF series on HBO. Could be good.
Nuclear Renaissance
New reactors are coming, for earth and space. It’s about time.
Gene Therapy
This looks like a potentially huge breakthrough.
Emulsifiers
Has the crap they’ve been putting in processed food to attempt to replace healthy fat causing many of our health problems?
What a public-health catastrophe.
“Petro-Masculinity”
I’d like to say that this is amazing, but sadly, it isn’t.
Agriculture
Was it a mistake?
No; it enabled modern civilization, but it did so at a cost to human health. I haven’t read the whole thing yet, it’s long.
[Update a few minutes later]
OK, I got all the way through it. She doesn’t really address the health effects of a grain-based diet.
Dinosaurs And Gravity
I saw an interesting postulation on Twitter that the reason the dinosaurs could grow so large was that there was less gravity during the Mesozoic. My response:
All I know is that, if earth’s gravity was really less for the dinosaurs, it’s one less excuse for them to have not had a space program that could have prevented them being wiped out.
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) July 4, 2018
The Hockey Stick Emails
An appeals court is compelling the University of Arizona to (finally) release them.
The sixth anniversary of the blog post that launched Michael Mann’s lawsuit against me and Mark Steyn is coming up next week.
Maximum Lifespan
We still don’t know the limit. As I often say, there is no law of physics that requires either senescence or mortality. Indefinite health and life is, in theory, a solvable problem.
[Afternoon update]
A commenter points out this recent article. Yes, I’ve discussed this with Gary, and it’s currently his focus, not space. Because none of us are getting any younger. BTW, the company name is pronounced “ocean,” I think. And yes, we should be trying to get Congress to tell the FDA to recognize aging as a disease to be treated, and not simply inevitable.