I largely agree with these recommendations. I doubt if there’s been any serious discussion with OMB about NASA.
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Category Archives: General Science
Reforming NASA
Looking For Water On The Moon
Jurassic Park, Here We Come
SOUND ON. You’re hearing the first howl of a dire wolf in over 10,000 years. Meet Romulus and Remus—the world’s first de-extinct animals, born on October 1, 2024.
— Colossal Biosciences® (@colossal) April 7, 2025
The dire wolf has been extinct for over 10,000 years. These two wolves were brought back from extinction using… pic.twitter.com/wY4rdOVFRH
I suspect they went extinct because the Siberian-Americans wiped out their food supply. It seems to me that the next de-extinctions should be woolly mammoths, mastodons, ground sloths, and ancient bison, to give them worthy prey. There’s apparently no record of them being north of 42 degrees, but that’s probably because it was covered in ice at their time.
Junk Nutritional Science
Great speech by Nina Teicholz: "They tell us to limit saturated fats and instead eat five and a half teaspoons of seed oils every day. They tell us to eat more than half of our calories as carbohydrates. This advice is squarely contradicted by rigorous clinical trials."
— Camus (@newstart_2024) March 25, 2025
"I… pic.twitter.com/fPDbsllLLl
Tardigrades To The Rescue?
This seems very promising for both spaceflight and cancer treatment, if true.
incredible breakthrough: a protein from tardigrades can now protect human cells from radiation.
— vittorio (@IterIntellectus) March 5, 2025
healthier cancer therapies, longer space missions, and real-world longevity treatments are coming.
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The Transgender Ideology
Sabine Speaks Out
Alzheimer’s Disease
Have they found a common cause?
Faster, please.
Airports
…have a strange effect on human behavior.
I change my watch to the time zone of the arrival airport when I get on the plane.
Pat Soon-Shiong
An open letter to the owner of the LA Times.
