A weekly link roundup from Judith Curry.
Category Archives: Science And Society
Hyaluronic Acid
Listening to a medical show in south Florida, hearing someone discuss this. I’d never heard of it, but it sounds like quite a useful supplement.
[Update a few minutes later]
You can buy the product
The Andes
An interesting read: How to build a mountain range. I’ve always wanted to see them.
[Via Austin Bay]
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