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Stinky tofu was mentioned above. If one approaches food carts from downwind, one's hunger may disappear before arriving. Upwind approach works...
World Meteorological Organization publishes State of the Global Climate 2025:...
Imagine that there will not be another zoonotic virus, unto pandemic during our lifetimes, That would be really good, and obviate discussions...
A revision of COVID deaths in US: The US Grossly Undercounted Covid Deaths Early On, Updated Toll Shows
"it was personal hygene and public sanitation that ended most diseases" This is an important point worth reiterating. Personal hygiene is very...
Our sun may have formed much closer to galactic center: Our Sun Was Born in a Hellish Part of the Milky Way. New Research Explains How It Escaped
I have no interest in reiterating my posts; they are well enough known. Other posts add insights or 'reign me in' Yay. Other posts quite go...
1977 influenza was only one showing DNA hints of human dabbling. We will in future surely face more zoonitics that MAY include altered viruses....
Here are links to 4 major studies of face mask efficacy Masks and respirators for prevention of respiratory infections: a state of...
I posted to this thread last on Feb 16. More recent posts include some salient comments among other things. I dare to summarize what I have read...
"a coal ash problem" Noted. Narrower but more acute, a miners' black-lung problem. Wider but we hope gentler, an inefficient energy per emitted...
"Well, there are many queer situations." :rolleyes::whistle: Dropped the Q bomb. == I wish we had stayed closer to food prices here. Restaurants...
"Fuel prices. USA is so spoiled" If the donut discussion has ended, this is an interesting alternative. See this current global compilation:...
Bread-like things across the world are diverse, baked or fried. Donuts in China are mostly linear not circular. Youtiao present more surface area...
"it's no advantage to a virus to kill you." It depends. If they can induce you to manufacture billions of virus particles before death, that's a...
That genome has been sequenced in a few different ways: What Have We Learned by Resurrecting the 1918 Influenza Virus? - PubMed Swiss Genome of...
Now that you mention it, I do see evidence that 1918 influenza had less impact on oldsters: The Spanish flu: the global impact of the largest...
For those interested in increasing mortality of birds: North American bird declines are widespread and accelerating in agricultural hotspots |...
Latest post here was 2025 Nov 7.By me.. Fair to say that this thread has pretty much run its course. However, some may be interested in reading:...
Maps of new snow totals that fell can be found online. Before the storm I copied (from windy.com) forecast new snow totals by ECMWF, GFS, and ICON...
