This article from NATURE is provides a good history of the long road to mRNA development. Quite long, but interesting. mrossol
The RNA sequence used in the COVID-19 vaccine...
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The tangled history of mRNA vaccines
September 21 | Posted by mrossol | Coronavirus, InterestingHow Steven Weinberg Transformed Physics and Physicists | Quanta Magazine
August 15 | Posted by mrossol | Interesting, ScienceAug 12, 2021 by Nima Arkani-Hamed Steven Weinberg, who died on July 23, towered over theoretical physics in the second half of the 20th century. He strongly believed that, armed only with the fundamental principles of relativity and quantum mechanics, the theoretical physicist can examine all phenomena in the universe — from the smallest to the largest scales. His work transformed... Read more
The Baloney Detection Kit
August 13 | Posted by mrossol | Critical Thinking, Interesting, Personal Development, ScienceBrain Pickings, originally published January 5, 2014. Carl Sagan (November 9, 1934–December 20, 1996) was many things — a cosmic sage, voracious reader, hopeless romantic, and brilliant philosopher. But above all, he endures as our era’s greatest patron saint of reason and critical thinking, a master of the vital balance between skepticism and openness. In The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a... Read more
The Sun Is Stranger Than Astrophysicists Imagined
August 10 | Posted by mrossol | Interesting, ScienceQuanta Magazine, May 3, 2019 The Sun Is Stranger Than Astrophysicists Imagined The sun radiates far more high-frequency light than expected, raising questions about unknown features of the sun’s magnetic field and the possibility of even more exotic physics. Quanta Magazine Natalie Wolchover
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Astronomers Get Their Wish, and a Cosmic Crisis Gets Worse
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Can’t Sleep? Here Are Some Surprising Strategies That Actually Work – WSJ
August 10 | Posted by mrossol | Health, InterestingWSJ 8/9/2021 by Elizabeth Bernstein How are you sleeping? After one year of a pandemic—and a lot of disturbed slumber—it’s clear that our usual sleep strategies aren’t working. Scientists say many of the things we do to chase sleep are actually hurting us, and recommend a counterintuitive approach instead: Stay in bed for less time, not more.
I’ve been battling insomnia lately....
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The girl in the Kent State photo: She was only 14. Here’s how her life turned out
May 3 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, InterestingVery interesting read. Well written. Tough story. Thank you. mrossol. Yahoo News. By Patricia McCormick
Last May, when Mary Ann Vecchio watched the video of George Floyd’s dying moments, she felt herself plummet through time and space — to a day almost exactly...
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