A widely reported, peer-reviewed study that concluded the Omicron variant of the Covid-19-causing, SARS-CoV-2 virus evolved through months of circulation in West Africa has been retracted, and some scientists are now […]
Killing trust
Mind-altering machinery
As residents of Alaska’s largest city struggle and steam their way through roads still clogged by an unusual volume of snow, maybe it is time for some serious contemplation of the country’s […]
Good-bye ‘useless’
Were the pandemic of our times the subject of a novel rather than reality, it would surely be premised on a scheme to kill old people to eliminate their burden on the […]
Cryptic crypto
Where, oh where went the Iditacoins? Nine months ago, as the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race was nearing its finish in Nome, race organizers unveiled this new cryptocurrency with big claims. “IditaCoin […]
Old neighbors
If the work of archeologists sifting the soils of the Grotte Mandrin cave in France are to be believed, it would appear Neanderthals didn’t just fade away after the arrival of modern […]
Eat, sit, die
With the vaccinated but unfit continuing to die from Covid-19 at a significant rate, isn’t it about time someone asked how many lives might have been saved if political leaders had spent […]
Lab fresh fish
While Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski and the 49th state fishing industry have been fretting the dreaded “Frankenfish” salmon, a modern twist on old Mendelian genetics, mad scientists have been working to end-run […]
Californaska
With bears trying to den under decks in the city jokingly referred to as “Los Anchorage” and many residents there upset at the elimination of said bears, it would appear the Californication […]
With or of?
And so at last the pandemic comes full circle. Only this time it is doctors pushing the idea that the pandemic is over and many people should now be declared dead “with […]
Symbiotic epidemics
After the discovery that physical fitness greatly improves the effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines, South African doctors are saying exercise “should be encouraged by greater public health messaging.” Good luck with that. The […]
