This weeks news starts with the dumb and stupid.
It is the rising number of leprosy cases. A disease that doesn’t really show up in anything but biblical tales. Despite this it is still in up to 120 countries. Or at least at a level of concern.
T…
This weeks news starts with the dumb and stupid.
It is the rising number of leprosy cases. A disease that doesn’t really show up in anything but biblical tales. Despite this it is still in up to 120 countries. Or at least at a level of concern.
This should not be happening in the USA where leprosy is easily treated. Despite this the number go up an dup.
While leprosy rates increase there is a trend to rely on Tik Tok for health advice. The current advice is for parasite cleanses. Cleanses based on random and unrelated symptoms.
Rather than get an accurate and reliable diagnosis people rely on TikTok. This is why we are doomed as a species.
Good news has seen the processing power of ARM processors double. Not just double but at half the power consumption. This could be a big achievement for laptops, tablets and phones.
This weeks news items can be found at the following time stamps:
00:00 Intro
01:23 Leprosy rising in the USA
04:08 COVID19 lowered global life span by years
06:31 Parasite cleans fad
09:23 Don’t trust experts out of context
12:12 Ranchers in gaol for tampering with rain gauges
13:29 Giant whale fossil found in Peru
16:07 Australia’s CSIRO to make library of published research for domestic open access
19:19 Fourier’s law exception with light and heat
21:41 Doubling the processing power of ARM processors
25:22 Meteor landing site mistaken due to truck seismic activity
Relevant links:
Leprosy cases are rising in the US – what is the ancient disease and why is it spreading now?
https://theconversation.com/leprosy-cases-are-rising-in-the-us-what-is-the-ancient-disease-and-why-is-it-spreading-now-221836
Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950 2021, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)0047..
