Six snippets of science. I had one that would take peanuts out of my hand a couple years ago. The first two or three, (s)he would eat, but the rest would get stashed somewhere.
The Stainless-Steel Starship
I would note, though, that the idea of transpiration cooling has been around for a long time. It’s just never been implemented. But I guess what he’s saying has never been proposed before is the structure also serving as heat shield.
[Update a while later]
New Glenn has been redesigned. Looks like the upper stage is expendable.
Looks like they were inspired in part by Falcon 9. It’s interesting that we’re starting to see spacecraft designs converging, as aircraft designs did in the thirties.
Star Trek Discovery
I haven’t seen it, but it looks like the first season was dreadful, because it had to be woke.
Mike’s Nature Trick
An explanation for Scott Adams (note Steve McIntyre’s suggestion in comments).
Ocean Warming
No, it’s probably not accelerating faster than we thought.
[Early-afternoon update]
Modern warming was driven primarily by “primarily natural” factors; the cooling has begun.
Eating Fatbergs
Here’s a yucky sewer story, but it doesn’t answer the first question that came to mind as I was reading it: What do these bacteria excrete?
Technological Progress
…and the global sex recession.
As the machines get better, this is just going to get worse.
Should The FBI Run The Country?
Overrated Restaurants
A top six.
I’ve never had Papa John’s, or Chipotle’s and it’s been years since I ate at an Olive Garden, but that’s Patricia’s complaint, too (she used to have a boss who loved to go there for lunch). I concur on the fries at In’n’Out. I like Chick-fil-A, but don’t worship it. I only go to Cracker Barrel for breakfast (and rarely — there are none in LA of which I’m aware, and we have better chain places here, like the Black Bear Diner).
But I don’t eat out much in general unless I’m traveling, because it’s terrible both for your budget and from a nutritional standpoint. Unless it’s some kind of exotic cuisine, I can cook much cheaper and healthier at home, and don’t have to endure the noise of restaurants. The notion of going out for a steak seems absurd to me.
[Late-afternooon update]
Sorry, here’s the link.
Tribute To A Monster
..by a restaurant in downtown LA.
Next up: An Argentinian tapas place called “Che’s,” and an Austrian restaurant named “Der Fuhrer.”