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Coffee Break: Biotech vs. Science, NIH Under New Management, More on Malaria, Dreams of De-Extinction, and an Aside on the State of America

Part the First: Is This How to Do Science? San Diego, with the University of California-San Diego and the Scripps Research Institute leading the way, has been a Biotech/Little Pharma hotspot since the beginning, a strong third behind Boston and the Bay Area. Ups and downs are common, but in the current climate it is […]

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Coffee Break: The Future and Follies of Science and AI as Automation, for Better or Worse

Part the First: Who Will Supplant the United States in Scientific Research?  Before going any further in answer to The Rev Kev’s suggestion from last week, it is important to note that while the US currently remains the acknowledged leader in scientific research, this is a matter of quantity as much as quality.  Other countries […]

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Michael Hudson and Yanis Varoufakis with Ann Pettifor on Economic and Political Paradigm Changes

The formidable trio of Michael Hudson, Yanis Varoufakis, and Ann Pettifor assess the rapid changes in our economic system.

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Coffee Break: The Current State of Science During Trump v.2.0 Plus One Signal Advance

As someone who has spent most of his working life as a scientific worker and later as an academic scientist, graduate supervisor, teacher, grant reviewer, and administrator, the current devastation being visited upon my colleagues and their institutions is sickening.  I have never thought my work was more useful or more important than anyone else’s.  […]

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