The first human embryos have been edited in the US.
[Update a couple minutes later]
New gene editing screening does thousands of genes at for cancer, and will scale to entire genome.
The Trump White House
Yes, there is no staff shake up that can fix it. The problem is Trump himself:
at every turn, the president has acted as if he has something to hide. Whether he actually does is an open question, but his obsession with the unfairness of the Russia story — and his refusal to credit claims that the Russians meddled in the election, or to criticize Russian President Vladimir Putin — is a perpetual smoke machine causing people to think there’s got to be a fire somewhere. The author of Donald Trump’s problems is first and foremost Donald Trump.
So what’s my point? Simply: The author of Donald Trump’s problems is first and foremost Donald Trump. It’s fine to point out the excesses of the Democrats and the media. There’s certainly ample reason to criticize his staff. It’s understandable that Trump supporters think the “establishment,” the “swamp” or the “Deep State” have undermined him — because they have.
But Trump is not a victim. He is the hamster spinning the wheel in the massive Rube Goldberg machine that is the spectacle of presidential dysfunction.
And an ignorant emotional 71-year-old man with attention-deficit disorder and no impulse control isn’t going to change.
Stubbs The Cat
The long-time mayor of Talkeetna has passed on. We were up there three years ago. It’s the base for the aircraft that land on the glaciers in Denali.
Wind And Solar
You’ll be as shocked as I am to learn that researchers have been underestimating their cost.
Space Property Rights
More common law than Marxism, and that’s a good thing. I am cited.
Presidential Power
Yes, a president can be indicted. And he can pardon himself.
The only ultimate Constitutional check on a president’s power is impeachment. Something that has been done far too rarely, largely because Congress’s sense of its own prerogatives has become overwhelmed by partisanship.
Aging
How close are we to defeating it?
There are no laws of physics that require it. I’ve been taking NAD+.
[Update early afternoon]
This is interesting. Patients on an anti-cancer drug with gray hair see it turn dark again.
A Liberal Party
Bob Zubrin thinks we need one. I haven’t read the whole thing, but I generally agree. (Yes, I know it’s a few months old, but I just ran across it, and not much has changed.)
Jordin Kare
We’re losing a lot of our generation of space people.
I would note that one who will be missed less than others, who died last month, was Thomas Lee Elifritz.
[July 24th update]
Paul Gilster remembers Jordin.
[Bumped]
The Bulk Interior Of The Moon
Water on the moon seems to be like gas and oil on earth. The more we look, the more we find.