In My Mind

France has upped the ante in the quest for fusion power by maintaining a plasma reaction for over 22 minutes – a new record.

Looking like a set of bridge supports that were accidentally installed on a cargo ship, a new wind-driven system by startup CoFlow Jet promises to reduce ship fuel costs by up to 90% using stationary cylinders with no moving parts.

Researchers found that depression and anxiety can be passed from one spouse to the other via the oral microbiome, which is transferred during close contact, such as kissing.

This is from 2019. But I just wanted to revisit this. In case people hadn't heard of this.

Some real mad scientist work

Authorities in neighboring India – which is downstream from the project – have expressed concern about China controlling the flow of the river and what impact it could have across the border. Oh the irony lmao

A new report has assessed the feasibility of deploying small modular nuclear reactors to meet increasing energy demands around the world. The findings don't look so good for this particular form of energy production.

There are about 80 SMR concepts currently in various stages of development around the world.

The cost of SMRs is at the forefront of the report's argument against the deployment of the reactors.

too expensive, too slow, and too risky. And not at all where we should be focussing our, um – energy – these days, as the study authors make clear in their conclusion.

Tapping your finger to a rhythm can help you hear and understand someone talking to you in a noisy environment.

Pretty damn cool of you ask me!

I have a lot of opinions and fears about CRISPR.

Theres a lot of deep dives available here. I'm just posting a quick overview.

https://substack.com/@friedrichfaust/note/p-164040460?r=1wlet9

Sad to see Shashi Tharoor completely lose all credibility

This is not in english. But if you understand Urdu/ Hindi you should watch this. A Pakistani leftist explaining the history and Pakistani side of the politics. A quick recap.

Says the obvious stuff and some interesting points avout the science. I would love to talk about the wider ideas at play here sometime soon

OK this is the company's own video and needs aillion asterisks around it

Old news but great listen.

An obvious thjng tk talk about with an onviojs conclusion too. But good to hear it talked about nonetheless.

David Graebers death is one of the very few that hit me personally (of people I do not know).