This is compelling. “The NIH is a tyrannical, capricious, self-serving $50 billion a year Kafkaesque Leviathan ruled over by a clique of septuagenarians who couldn’t care less for science or for scientists. The reason biomedical science advances one death at […]
It’s an insult. “Big, strong, and unabashedly green on the outside. Very red on the inside, with little substance. Seeds of black in their heart.” Tomas Pueyo writes Uncharted Territories and has quickly become one of my favorites. “As you […]
This “conference for thoughtcrime” happened last week, and this link will take you to a sample of speakers and ideas. Here’s one wild thing that happened there: “Hereticon attendees genetically modified frogs, and that’s not clickbait. This frog embryo workstation […]
“Meet O° – a collection of shoes and textiles whose creation and reincarnation starts and ends with biology. 100% biodegradable. 0% petrochemicals. 0% microplastics. 0% forever chemicals. No assemblies. No glues.” Product 1 seems to be 3D printed shoes made […]
Casey Handmer has not yet run out of big ideas. Bravo! “The western US is a parched opportunity to create millions of acres of prime land for the next billion Americans to live on. Only one ingredient is missing – […]
“The lovingly named SI-270150 turbine features 430-ft-long blades (131 m), making for a maximum swept area of 616,298 sq ft (57,256 sq m). That’s equivalent to nearly 11 American football fields. According to Sany, it’s also set a record for […]
Physicist Casey Handmer strikes again with another big vision, this time presenting the Monster Telescope. “The full 1 km telescope will require about 20,000 mirrors. With a 30% learning rate, running the numbers gets us down to about $300,000 per […]
“As stated before, if these companies succeed, and manage to bring this kind of power plant to the market at scale, humanity’s ongoing energy needs simply cease to be a problem. Clean, grid-responsive, 24/7, virtually limitless… There’s a lot of […]
“It’s exciting stuff. The reason the team has been pursuing this very specific kind of decay channel so relentlessly for more than a decade is because it’s what is known as a “golden” channel, meaning not only is it incredibly […]
“For decades, drinking water fluoridation opponents were often portrayed as a fringe element and conspiracy theorists, but a federal ruling in the US may put an end to the practice and marks a pivotal point in their campaign to convince […]