This Sunday will be the first night of Chanuka. Its English calendar date is not fixed; Chanuka always falls on the 25th day of Kislev, which has a different English date every year. (This year, the first night is the 18th of December.)
Continue reading Chanuka is almost here
A first. We (that’s really the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California) finally produced a fusion reaction (that means hydrogen atoms fuse together and in the process liberate a bunch of energy) that theoretically produced more energy that it took to create it.
Continue reading Almost? No, not really.
i am sure it is no surprise to you that I find certain politicians problematic. The top 3? TheDonald, followed by Governors Abbott (TX) and DeSantis (FL).
Continue reading Why does Gov. DeSantis want his party pals to die?
The Uniform Law Commission, also known as the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, has been around for some130 years. The goal is to help each state adopt well-conceived and non-partisan legislation to render statutory law be clear and stable.
Continue reading Organ Donation Issues
Lecanemab.
Is it really working?
So, the data seems to indicate that administering this drug will retard cognitive and functional decline by 27%, when compared to a placebo. That’s good news for Eisai and Biogen- as well as perhaps for Eli Lilly which is concurrently testing its own anti-amyloid drug for Alzheimer’s.
Continue reading Is this worth taking?
I know. Every time we find an article saying how good red wine is for us, we find another that says- not so fast. (The National Cancer Institute just declared that alcohol consumption is associated with 5% of all new cancer diagnoses – and about 5.8% of the deaths from cancer world wide. In particular, cancers of pharynx, larynx, colon/rectum, esophagus, oral cavity, stomach, and breast.)
Continue reading Wine, tea, and veggies to the rescue?
We haven’t discussed the situation in the Ukraine for a while.
But, I’m sure you know that Russia is perpetrating a slew of war crimes almost every day. They send in drones and bombs to attack civilian targets- in particular- power plants, electric grids, water supply systems and the like.
Continue reading Russia and Ukraine…An update
Dialysis procedures have been optimized over the years. And, these procedures were greatly benefited when blood pumps became the norm (as opposed to letting our hearts pump the blood through the dialyzer), high flux dialyzers (membrane devices that were extremely adept at letting metabolic toxins be removed from blood), etc.
Continue reading Dialysis with Low Flows
This is the third post discerning the issues between Iger and Chapek at Disney. (Here are links to Part 1 [Friday] and Part 2 [Monday] discussions.)
Continue reading Disney- ESPN, Theme Parks all are problems, too
Let’s continue last Friday’s discussion of the failed Disney CEO transition.
Continue reading Brouhaha at Disney- The Content Issue