The more you know! Apparently, you should not rinse your mouth with water after brushing your teeth. Instead you should spit, in order to keep…
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First Attempts to Reverse Aging in Humans
Most people think of aging as something inevitable. But not all agree and the research into aging and how to reverse it has become more…
1 Day Sooner
Covid-19 has stirred up a lot of discussions about the ethics of science. I have written before about experiments on humans to learn more about…
Coronavirus – Useful Information
A lot has happened in terms of research on the coronavirus. Here is a quick overview on what might be useful or interesting information: Nutritional…
Can Donating Blood Help Reverse Aging?
I have previously written about the programmed death of organisms and about efforts to reverse aging. Now a new study is out and it is…
Coronavirus Vaccines
This article gives a very interesting overview of different types of candidates for a coronavirus vaccine: https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/04/15/coronavirus-vaccine-prospects
Maybe Mass Testing is not a Good Idea
For the last weeks I was very convinced that mass testing would be one of the best ways to make reopening societies safer. This piece…
Coronavirus and Human Experiments
Bryan Caplan makes a couple of very interesting points supporting human experiments to learn more about Covid-19. I personally don’t like his framing on demagogues,…
Iran Has A Legal Market Where You Can Sell Your Kidney
Link of the day: Iran has a legal market for organs Wow. It was only today that I learned that you could actually officially legally…
In Favor Of Contact Tracing Apps
I recently wrote an article stating that “Contact Tracing Apps Are Not Going To Save us“. Some people pointed out that while maybe not a…