Why they don’t report objectively on the origins of the Covid virus.
Category Archives: General Science
Coffee Again
Another study that says it can reduce mortality.
Patricia quit drinking it a couple years ago (except when she goes out to breakfast), so I quit making it (and drinking it myself). I never acquired a taste for the swill, and (as noted in the article) these results don’t mean that non-drinkers should start drinking it, so I guess I won’t.
Cellular Rejuvenating Treatments
Faster, please.
Climate Risk
How we’ve mischaracterized it.
I’ve noticed that in public-policy areas in which we do a crap job of risk assessment/tradeoffs, it is areas in which there are policy agendas independent of the actual issues.
Counting Calories Burned
This is interesting, and potentially useful research.
As the old saying goes, you can’t run away from a bad diet.
About That “SpaceX Rocket” That’s Going To Hit The Moon
It turns out that it’s probably Chinese.
But people wanted to believe it because SpaceX.
Calorie Restriction
First Light
I’m glad that Webb is working, but I continue to believe it was a mistake.
[Update a while later]
To clarify, I think it was a mistake to do it in the way it was done, but now that it’s operational, obviously it would be a mistake to abandon it now.
Electron Band Structure In Germanium
…my ass.
It’s an oldie, but a goodie.
Moonfall
Fact checking what sounds like a monumentally dumb flick.