Today, a tale of three cities, first from DC: How goes the Memorandum of Understanding between the USA and Iran? Some Republican anguish from Time Magazine. ....many Republicans are more nervous than relieved over the deal. Senator Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican, called it “the worst foreign policy blunder in decades." Nikki Haley, Trump’s former ambassador to the United Nations, said of the deal: “If this is true, Iran wins.” Former MAGA stalwart Marjorie Taylor Greene was perhaps the most Trumpian in her reaction, echoing the President’s criticism of Obama’s deal more than a decade ago. “$300 BILLION DOLLARS TO IRAN??!!! Trump agreed to give Iran $300 BILLION dollars for reconstruction cost after Trump bombed Iran. Are you kidding me? What an embarrassment! Americans are getting screwed again!!” she wrote on X . In New York City, the Knicks got a ticker-tape parade . Can you remember back to 1973? The USA finally got kicked out of Vietn...
As Wednesday is sci-tech day on this blog site, with Thursday usually focused on health and well-being, I start today with a response from Google AI to my question: What is the most promising development to halt and reverse aging? The most promising development in halting and reversing aging is cellular reprogramming (epigenetic restoration) , a technique that resets old, damaged cells to a youthful, functional state. This technology has officially entered its first FDA-approved human trials, marking a massive leap from animal studies to human medicine. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ] There is a lot history to this topic, and I have posted on this subject too many times to count, so decided that this topic will be developed into a series with the following possible episodes: Longevity range of life. A history of hopes and promises to live forever. There are various organisms capable of essentially living forever. Can we decifer how they do this? The science of eternal life. Can there som...