Researchers have figured out how to induce it in mice, and it may work for humans as well.
It has obvious implications for space travel, but I wouldn’t have minded sleeping through the past five months, myself.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
Spaceflight Regulation
No, it is not yet needed for space tourism to take off. I wonder if she’s read my book? It doesn’t seem like it.
The SpaceX Suits
The astronauts like them.
Developing A Vaccine
Yes, we should be doing challenge trials, and let adults decide what they want to do with their bodies. As I noted in the book, how many potential lives might have been saved by being willing to risk ISS crew for medical research?
Elon To SpaceX Employees
“Starship is the top priority.“
I think he feels pretty confident now that his situation with NASA is secure. And it probably is. They really have no choice going forward, at least until Boeing is flying, and even then they will want to have two systems, because they know that the notion of using Orion for ISS support is farcical.
[Update Monday morning]
[Tuesday-afternoon update]
More thoughts and SpaceX news from Bob Zimmerman.
Yes, NASA’s willingness to accept used rockets and capsules is a huge sea change.
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Lunar Safety Zones
An interesting essay by Jessy Kate Schingler.
Out With The Old Blood
An interesting anti-aging result in mice. The interesting thing is that it’s already an approved procedure, so it won’t need clinical trials.
Functioning Human Livers
…have been grown from stem cells. They’re tiny, for now, but this seems like a huge breakthrough. And good news for alcoholics, among others.
Artificial Red Blood Cells
…that may perform better than natural ones. That would be a life saver in many cases.
Herd Immunity
This is good news, if true. It could explain why it hasn’t been worse, and probably won’t get worse.