There is a lot of wild sci fi stuff going on in physics these days.
Rose Pastore
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Rose Pastore is the science editor at Gizmodo.
This brings to mind a novel by Peter F. Hamilton, called Great North Road. In it, cities (Newcastle upon Tyne in particular) use spray-on metasurface nano cameras they call “Smartmesh” as part of their surveillance nets, much as we use CCTV systems in the present day. I guarantee that this will be the only kind of… Read more
Where there can be cameras, there will be cameras.
Spy shit
Not surprising. I previously commented here that my uncle have contracted COVID-19 from his shitass doctor (supposedly), suffered greatly from illness, and have died months later in his sleep. Read more
Could be worse, but only for Magic players, of which I’m not, unfortunately.
Please no hitches during/after launch.
Wonderful read.
I struggled to avoid this type thought while reading, but it kept popping into my mind. It’s depressing to think of the unimaginable richness of knowledge out there, and the (apparently) limitless opportunity left to continue learning ... and most people don’t care. Read more
Damn fine article. Next time somebody wants to know why science is just freakin’ cool, I’m pointing them here.
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Got Covid in February, lost all taste and smell. Taste started to come back, got it to about 75%. After I got my 2nd vax shot in May I started to get an artificial smell (perfumed and metallic) and once that happened my sense of taste seems to be reduced from where it got back to. Now I can only taste some things,… Read more
It’s not 5% of the people who had anosmia for 6+ months, it’s 5% of the total people who had anosmia. So it’s not 5% of 700k-1.6M, because that’s not the total number of people who had anosmia.
You’re still misreading it. 700k-1.6M doesn’t represent “all anosmia cases” due to Covid. That’s the number that has dealt with it for 6 months or longer and is potentially permanent. Read more
If your sense of smell has changed and not recovered to the original level, I would say it’s a permanent loss. Just like if someone loses some hearing over the years, it’s permanent and never going back. A permanent loss doesn’t mean you lose all smell or hearing.
This is why it’s good to read an article and not just its headline.
I’m just here for all the anus jokes. Please continue.
I also appreciate you writing about it. Moreover, I hope that scientists can figure out how to replicate and weaponize the antibodies of these elite controller patients to effectively treat (and maybe cure) HIV the way monoclonal antibodies are used to treat COVID-19.
Nothing to say other than this is very cool news and I appreciate you writing about it, Ed!
...despite its ancientness (if that’s a word)... Read more