Using nuclear weapons to study the brain

This greenhouse in Iceland is growing 130,000 bioengineered barley plants – not for making bread or beer, but producing epidermal growth factor – a highly prized ingredient in anti-ageing skincare products. ORF Genetics wired.co.uk/article/end-of…

>focusing on resource disparities and aggregate demand shortfalls instead of distracting the plebs with demographic infighting would be awful; better not do that

this is impressive (orig is youtube.com/watch?v=szhDol…), the guy trusts his solid-state circuit breakers enough to short-circuit two mains conductors (with 10 kA available fault current) in front of himself with *zero arc flash PPE* because the electronic breaker stops it in 1 us

Paging Oliver Sacks! This must be why an unwatched pot boils immediately.

My god, this is a weapon of war or something in terms of size compared to a regular old PlayStation 2. Not to mention how it also messed up my back a little with the sheer weight.

broke: DRM woke: NFTs

It would have been pretty cool if Theranos hadn't been an outright miserable fraud. It would have saved so many people so much pain and revulsion. Oh well. Capillary blood sampling is getting better at least. I expect 30 years to actually use it. No one pays attention....

Mouse model only, no human testing as yet. Still looks fairly promising. Annoying to require a strong cold chain for a tropical disease like malaria, however-- mRNA vaccine. Note Novavax also has a malaria vaccine in the works(!) with simpler storage: ir.novavax.com/news-releases/…

Water fluoridation is an underappreciated form of public health policy variation. It has quite substantial benefits in reducing rates of tooth decay: about 25% less of it overall in children and adults. cdc.gov/fluoridation/g…

This truly is the time of the cicadas. Every strategy with merit deserves its own time in the sun. 🌥️🌤️☀️ 📈 Or moonlight, clandestine economy, filling gaps even at edges, choke points. 🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕🎴 Sometimes even spectacular. Fly.... ☄️ Glory to the forgetful. ⏳⌛

Twitter thinks I’m into oncology now...