Science Reflections from seeing the Starship launch firsthand We spent a week working remotely in Brownsville to catch the historic launch of Starship.
COVID Updates to Long COVID and Delta! New information has been added to the long COVID post. Here's what we learned last week:
Science Embracing the Cosmic Endowment Why it's vital that we prioritize space exploration to ensure the continued flourishing of humanity.
COVID If you’re vaccinated, your main risk from the Delta variant is probably long-haul COVID (Updated 8/11/21) Vaccination drastically reduces your risk of severe acute COVID, but long-term persistent symptoms are still a concerning issue. I summarize the available research on long COVID and how to avoid it.
Science Book review: The Biology of Desire On a friend’s recommendation I checked out The Biology of Desire [https://www.amazon.com/The-Biology-of-Desire-audiobook/dp/B0128B4HX4/]. The author has the somewhat unique qualification of being both a
Science Watching early embryo development changed how we think about human life We're making a little human!
Science Thought experiment: What's the biggest a tree could grow? Giant sequoias and redwoods manage to grow so large in part because they're extremely hard to kill, allowing them thousands of years to grow relatively unmolested. How big could one get under ideal conditions?
Science Visibility and Inversion Layers While an inversion layer has been trapping air pollution at low altitude across the state of California for days, it's had an amazing side effect -- the air *above* the inversion layer is absurdly clean.
Science Diminishing returns on life expectancy at high incomes Apparently the difference in life expectancy that you get from having nearly unlimited wealth for personal expenditures ($1.95+ million a year) vs having a good tech job ($224k/year) vs is only about 0.8 years.
