A blog by Leon Oudejans
New CRISPR cancer treatment tested in humans for first time (FreeThink)
3 Dec, 2022 | Knowledge
FreeThink title: New CRISPR cancer treatment tested in humans for first time FreeThink subtitle: One dose could potentially provide life-long protection against recurrence. By: Kristin Houser Date: 19 November 2022 Summary from email version, dated 17 November 2022:...
Friendship, a f/m perspective
One of the differences between men and women is that many women believe they can be friends with men, with no (romantic) strings attached. Most men believe Oscar Wilde: "Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love,...
Ideas and ideologies are immortal
1 Dec, 2022 | Knowledge, Love, Power
While reading the second Jack Carr novel, True believer, I noticed an expression: You can kill a man but you cannot kill an idea. This proverb is either credited to the ancient Greek Sophocles, or to American civil rights activist Medgar Evers. This ancient proverb...
Ancient origins
30 Nov, 2022 | Knowledge
In 1995, Graham Hancock published his book Fingerprints of the Gods, which "has been translated into 27 languages and is estimated to have sold five million copies around the world." About a decade later, I received it from my then neighbours. That book raised my...
Business Proposal (Netflix)
29 Nov, 2022 | Love
A few months ago, I watched a few minutes of Business Proposal on Netflix. I disliked it instantly. Its high IMDb rating (#8.1) kept fascinating me though. In my experience, IMDb is never wrong, provided that there are enough ratings (11,229 right now). Hence, I...
Let it flow
28 Nov, 2022 | Knowledge, Love
Something broke inside me during the trip back from Germany. Initially, I assumed it was due to the prior night without sleep. Slowly, it dawned upon me that she and I lack a future together. I suppose that it's fair to say that our chemistry has slowly vanished until...
Red meat is not a health risk. New study slams years of shoddy research (Big Think)
27 Nov, 2022 | Knowledge
Big Think title: Red meat is not a health risk. New study slams years of shoddy research Big Think subtitle: Years of shoddy research have overstated the risk. By: Ross Pomeroy Date: 12 November 2022 "KEY TAKEAWAYS Studies have been linking red meat consumption to...
The thinking undead: How dormant bacteria calculate their return to life (Phys)
26 Nov, 2022 | Knowledge
Phys title: The thinking undead: How dormant bacteria calculate their return to life By: University of California - San Diego Date: 6 October 2022 "Facing starvation and stress conditions, some bacteria enter a dormant state in which life processes stop. Shutting down...
Black holes and their ring of light
25 Nov, 2022 | Love
Some people are like black holes, including a ring of light (eg, Astronomy, Quanta, Space). I suppose that ring of light is what attracts us to them, like a moth to a flame. Yet, their black hole consumes all our energy and our positivity. Recently, I was - again -...
The Terminal List (Jack Carr + Amazon)
24 Nov, 2022 | Love
Writer Jack Carr of The Terminal List (2018) does not have a Wikipedia page yet, despite being a success on Amazon Prime Video and on IMDb (rated 8,0). This new action series is mind-blowingly good. Its character (ie, James Reece) is even better than Jack Reacher by...
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