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…
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A Platform For Charity Bets
A couple of months ago I started offering charity bets to anyone willing to bet with me. The winner gains eternal glory, the loser helps…
Contact Tracing Apps Are Not Going To Save us
Link of the day: Contact-tracing apps are not a solution to the COVID-19 crisis Update: I recently also wrote an article in favor of contact…
Face Masks Work – And How To Make Them Yourself
Face Masks do work quite well to stop the spread of Covid-19. They are most effective if the wearer themselves are infected to protect others…
Your Green Electricity Might Not Be As Green As You Think
Most energy suppliers nowadays offer green energy. In many if not most cases however, this does not mean what consumers would usually think it does…
Can the Coronavirus be Stopped through Contact Tracing and Isolation?
Link of the day: Feasibility of controlling 2019-nCoV outbreaks by isolation of cases and contacts While in London I co-worked on a paper about the…
Cognitive inequality
It has by now become a well-known trope that automation of low-skilled jobs hits certain parts of the population much harder than others. And that…
The Pharma Industry is Broken and Medication Should Be Directly Sold To States
The Problem The pharmaceutical industry clearly is not working as it should be. Not only did an industry that makes people healthier, happier and helps…
Phenoptosis – Are We Programmed to Die?
In 1999 the Russian biochemist Vladimir Skulachev coined the term Phenoptosis in his paper. In analogy to apoptosis (planned cell death), where cells undergo a…
Is Planting Trees the Best Way to Fight Climate Change?
Why does everything have to be some complicated? One thing seemed so sure: If you plant trees, you take CO2 out of the atmosphere and…