Slogans are for people who need to be told what to think.
Most of "published" science is probably worthless.
There...I've said it...and I am pretty sure a lot of my colleagues would agree with that opinion.
However, the great problem lies in the fact that it is almost impossible to distinguish worthless from "mostly-worthless-now-but-it-will-be-remarkably-important-one-day" science. For example, when Francis Mojica discovered CRISPR while studying microorganisms, even Francis Mojica could not envision the future use of CRISPR, as a lab-adapted technique and its application, for which Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna got Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020.
It is almost as if we are forced to tolerate a lot of inapplicable, "worthless" research for eventual hidden gems.
Recently, I came across this article about a self-assembling gel that stimulates nerve regeneration. Honestly, it is still very, very far from any application at clinical level, but this research progress could very much be that rare, but eventual hidden gem...after so many resources have been thrown in stem-cell research and similar, producing...well, nothing practical.
In short, this "gel" serves as a "cast" for a particular area of the body (in this particular case, in mice), allowing the body to heal itself.
On a conceptual level, it is simple and - using "the cast" metaphor - very practical approach to real life problems.
Although, without doubt, the making of this "gel" presents a scientific challenge, this has made me very, very excited about what is about to come from this research.
Enjoy the article!
This was a very late recording contrasting two news articles about Omicron - so called "Covid super-strain".
I know I haven't been around lately...work...life...However, the 12-years-old clip popped into my feed and I wanted to share it. The reason? This clip provides the great basic understanding into what are the issues with so-called "evidence" related to anthropogenic (human-induced) climate change and the lack of logic when it comes to the interpretation of such evidence. The sad reality is that even after 12 years from this clip, we are still forced to endure nonsensical conclusions that hurricanes hitting Florida are caused by big bad climate change.
The mainstream media is doubling down on the alarmism, and it is not hard to guess why. However, to be fair, consider my little observation an educated guess, an opinion, rather than the fact. Time will show whether I am right.
(1) 'Climate change affects everyone': Europe battles wildfires in intense heat by Reuters (https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/spain-portugal-battle-wildfires-heatwaves-scorch-southern-europe-2022-07-17/)
If you spent time in Southern Europe, Mediterranean, during summer season - July and August in particular - you probably know that heat-induced wildfires are nothing new. In fact, they are quite common and remarkably devastating for the affected communities, and I have witnessed several in person. Most of the time, the wildfires occur due to heat igniting grasses, especially in the areas where there are broken glass or broken bottles. The glass serves as an amplifier for the sun rays, especially, in the vicinity of dry grasses, or even dry pine needles, and as ...
