Can the US and China be friends, or at least not so hostile? Jeffrey Sachs has some ideas.
Friday, December 19, 2025
A Round-Up of Anti-Covid Nasal Spray Research
Nasal sprays for vaccination, treatment, and prophylaxis (the last with two over-the-counter products not delivering drugs).
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/22/2021
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DOE Quietly Backs Plan for Carbon Capture Network Larger Than Entire Oil Pipeline System
Obama Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and major labor group AFL-CIO are behind the “blueprint” for a multi-billion dollar system to transport captured CO2 — and offer a lifeline to fossil fuel plants.
Quelle Surprise! New Study Confirms that Public Pension Funds Use Flattering Benchmarks to Hide Failure to Beat Simple Indexing; CalPERS Is a Case Study
Documenting yet another way public pensions funds lie to themselves and their many constituencies about their performance.
The Delta Variant Thrives in a State of Political and Public Health Discord
More worries about Delta.
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/21/2021
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UNESCO Strips Liverpool of World Heritage Status
Liverpool now seeks to have UNESCO’s decision deferred or overturned at a meeting scheduled to occur in July.
Federal Judge Upholds Indiana University’s COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement
Trump district court appointee hands down first ruling upholding public university COVID-19 vaccine mandates on public health grounds.
Are We Prepared for Pandora’s Box of Climate Catastrophes?
There’s still time to avoid the climate catastrophe we have set in motion, but it’s going to take drastic behaviour change and huge grassroots pressure on governments.
World’s Coral Scientists Warn Action is Needed Now to Save Even a Few Reefs from Climate Change
Coral reefs are the canary in the coal mine. The collapse of these ecosystems is the first unequivocally tied to climate change.
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/20/2021
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DoJ Bankruptcy Trustee Lambastes Provisions to Protect Sacklers in Purdue Bankruptcy Exit Plan as “Illegal”
Feds weigh in on Purdue bankruptcy plan, raising possibility that Sacklers won’t get off more or less scot-free for their role in the opioids crisis.
