Germany Unveils Strategy to “De-Risk” from China
Plan is short on details as Berlin says it wants to coordinate its policy with the EU, which wants to coordinate its policy with Washington.
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Promising Assisted Reproductive Technologies Come With Ethical, Legal and Social Challenges – A Developmental Biologist and a Bioethicist Discuss IVF, Abortion and the Mice With Two Dads
New assisted reproductive technologies are creating ethical dilemmas.
Read more...This Week in Long Covid: Nature Fires Salvo of Four Major Papers
Papers on Long Covid and immunology, quality of life, genetics, and natural history (and the media reaction thereto).
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Energy Destinies – Part 5 Energy Transition – Mystery Destination
An energy transition refers to a major structural shift in energy systems. There have been several such historical transitions – bio-fuels, such as wood, to water and wind energies and then to fossil fuels. In its current usage, it is used to describe the attempt to replace fossil-based systems of energy production and consumption with renewable energy sources.
Read more...Medi-Cal’s Fragmented System Can Make Moving a Nightmare
“To me, that’s how insurance works: One insurance ends, the other begins.” LOL no.
Read more...The Education System Isn’t Ready for Another Widespread Closure
Can online learning be saved? Lessons from the pandemic school closures.
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Book Review: Richard Vague, “The Paradox of Debt”
And why finding reforms to our current economic system is a Sisyphean task.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Colonialism or Sovereignty? How the Global Financial System Traps Countries in Debt
Political economists Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson, and Ann Pettifor discuss how the international financial system traps Global South countries in debt, reinforcing a neocolonial order.
Read more...Big Oil’s Radical Proposal: Curtail Consumption, Not Production
Should the public take Big Oil advocating for energy conservation as a serious climate policy, or just a new flavor of greenwashing?
Read more...On Taking Walks
Is the flâneur necessarily an urban male?
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 7/11/2023
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