Back on track but with a slightly different format
Alright. She’s been giving me the evil eye and judging me for too long now. It’s time to pick her off the floor. It’s time to dust off the dandruff-covered…
The Gattaca movie: when your valuable genes get abused
Even an optimist beyond saving like me can sometimes get the shivers from a dystopian science fiction portrayal of the potential dangers of genetics, especially if they are realistic, like…
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How long does the coronavirus last in the air? The latest you need to know
Although I’m happy they finally let us out for an hour a day in our part of the world, I’m sick of wearing a surgical mask whenever I go out…
Why you fear science and robots | Fear of the unknown
"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown" – H.P. Lovecraft (1927). The thing about fearing…
CRISPR weapons? The dark side of gene editing
Did you know that US intelligence has listed gene-editing technologies like CRISPR-Cas as weapons of mass destruction threats in the Worldwide Threat Assessment? The technology we’ve welcomed as our disease-fighting,…
How to diagnose viral infections | 2 methods, which one is best?
I was about to write another post for today, but people keep requesting the answer to one question above all this week. “How do we test for viral infections, and…
Coronavirus by age group | COVID-19 splitting generations
So much information about who’s affected by the coronavirus and COVID-19 that you ultimately feel like you know even less. Let's divide the situation with the new coronavirus by age…
Why keeping the cure for cancer secret is implausible and dumb
“Is it true that Big Pharma hides the cure for cancer?”, "Do conspirators keep the cure for cancer secret?" You cannot imagine how often I answer these questions once I…
Biology vs. Trump: do we need a wall? | Liquid–liquid phase separation
In a world where walls seem to be the next big thing, science shows us this might not be the answer. It seems that our cells have a new superpower:…
The R0 of COVID-19: Dealing with the misconceptions
This post will try to rip apart some misconceptions around the basic reproduction number of an infection defined as R0 and, more precisely, the R0 of COVID-19, the new Coronavirus…