Synthetic Fuel from Seawater: The Science

Dr. Heather Willauer of the NRL describes her team's success at using nuclear heat to
manufacture synthetic jet fuel from seawater.

Why Are We So Fat? The Multi-Million Dollar Scientific Quest To Find Out

So much of what the medical and dietary professions espoused about what we should or should not eat has turned out to be based on flawed science. Gary Taubes and Peter Attia are working to set things straight.  Read more about it here at Wired.

Since March 2014 I have cut out most of the starch and unsprouted wheat out of my diet along with a big cutback on sugar.  The results have be significant.  Lower blood sugar, lower cholesterol, lower blood pressure, a weight decrease of about 15 pounds.  I think Taubes and Attia are on to something.

Why the Security of USB is Fundamentally Broken

Andy Greenberg of Wired has a good article that raises a lot of questions about how we use the USB memory devices and the potential dangers we may face.  The U.S. federal government has banned the use of so called 'memory sticks' in government computers and there may be a very good reason why.