Researchers at Johns Hopkins have figured out how to slow it, with existing approved drugs.
Faster, please.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
Elon And Mars
He’s published his plan.
I haven’t read it yet, but then, I don’t care much about Mars.
BMI
We could save lives by getting rid of it.
Like calorie counting, low fat, and cholesterol, BMI is junks science.
Ending Hip And Knee Replacements
…by 3-D printing cartilage in place.
Faster, please.
A Wet Workshop
Almost half a century after Skylab, private companies are proposing to outfit a propellant tank on orbit.
Key issue is getting life support going in it quickly, so they don't have to work in suits to outfit it. https://t.co/kZWHojKknt
— SafeNotAnOption (@SafeNotAnOption) June 12, 2017
Cell Phones
Could we have had them four decades earlier?
I don’t think they’re all that great even today. I only use mine when I have no other choice. But I work from home.
Renewable Energy
Some former officials are alarmed at Trump’s proposed cuts at DoE.
I don’t have a problem with R&D, but if this is cutting subsidies (particularly like Solyndra), slash away.
The Air Force’s Overkill Problem
How much would it cost to just mass produce some WW II warbirds for this sort of thing? A P-40 with its six fifties would easily take out this stuff.
A Stupid Quiz
This is stupid. Ignores issue of where to get power for electric cars, and that a plant-based diet isn't healthy. https://t.co/AGZzNG3Xmv
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) June 12, 2017
It also assumes that the only potential future energy sources are solar or wind. Completely ignores nuclear.
Private Space Exploration
There was an interesting conference in New York last week (that I would have liked to attend if it had been in my budget). It’s still hard to raise money for it, because modern philanthropists don’t know the history
[Update a while later]
Sorry, added missing link.