Space

Wrong Emphasis

Chair Force Engineer lists the technologies that need to be developed for us to become spacefaring, but are being largely ignored by NASA. I don’t agree with his prescription for a scramjet first stage for cheap launch, though. That may be the answer, some day, but it’s not obvious that it will be, and it certainly isn’t necessary to get big improvements in the near term.

But instead of making progress in these crucial areas, NASA is spending billions to return to the sixties.

Science And Society

Diet Advice

Randall Parker says eat more salmon (and nuts and eggs), and less bread. That’s not news, but there’s more confirming data for it, and too many people are still fataphobic, and don’t understand the dangers of high-glycemic carbs.

Oh, and if you’re a guy, try to have a high testosterone level, though it’s less clear how to do that dietarily…

As I wondered in comments over there, does this mean that one can get the benefit by artificially raising testosterone levels, or is the high level just a marker for something else that’s the actual cause?

Satire

More Trouble For Hollywood

As is the case with their war against the war, their war against Christmas isn’t going so well, either:

Despite the disappointing weekend showing, MPAA spokesman Bell said that industry still has high hopes for 17 more anti-Santa films that will open nationwide this weekend, including “The Reindeer Hunter,” “Shop Loss,” and Quentin Tarantino’s much anticipated “Workshop of Blood.”

[Hint for the humor impaired–it’s Iowahawk, on a roll]

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