Category Archives: Technology and Society
Roads To Ruin
When I was young, I loved exploring the back roads and forgotten byways in my MG (and later, other vehicles). But now we have a generation that doesn’t even like to drive.
The Latest SLS Follies
No biggie, just another cost increase.
Meanwhile, in non-NASA news, we may be about to launch five American rockets in two days.
[Update Saturday morning]
Things are happening in Boca Chica (among other places):
[Update a few minutes later]
Apparently the DIVH abort will delay the SpaceX attempt at dual launches.
The Space Navy
Navy ranks for space has long been a topic at SF conventions. Now it’s becoming real.
California Apocalypto
A depressing read, from VDH. I’ve lived here for over four decades, but he’s a native.
Climate Models
More confirmation that they’re overstating atmospheric heating.
New Drugs
…that may block the virus. I think it’s incorrect to call hydroxychloriquine “failed,” though. A lot of doctors continue to swear by it. The opposition to its use was almost totally political, not medical.
Living A Million Years
I think that even I would get pretty bored after only a thousand or so.
“Junk” DNA
It may not be as junky as was previously thought.
A New Virus Clue
We’ve know this for a while, but this is clearly a vascular, not a respiratory disease.