The Pandemic is over, and, while covid still lurks, this subject is swiftly becoming a non-newsworthy subject. Mind you, don't be stupid about this virus, for it will yet return in various ways. In the future, though, until this happens, Thursdays will thus evolve into my health and medical advances day. So for today, from Worldometer:
- Most cases this week (7 day period):
- World 161,589
- #1 S. Korea 106,642 (66% of all cases)
- #2 USA 15,918
- #3 Brazil 9,297
- But many countries don't report anymore.
- Cases in past week per million population:
- World 20
- #1 Tokelau 22,496
- #2 S. Korea 2,078
- #3 Barbados 1309
- #18 USA 48
- #30 Phillipines 20
- Deaths this past week:
- World 577
- Brazil 138
- Canada 96
- USA 81
- Deaths in past week per million population:
- World 0.07
- #1 Barbados 21
- #2 Norway 6
- #3 New Zealand 5
- #16 USA 0.2
The James Webb Space Telescope celebrated its one-year old birthday by sending us a new photo of the closest star-forming region to Planet Earth. Only a little over 400 light years away is a galaxy with baby stars being born of dust and gas, much like how our own Sun formed.
Remember a few days ago I said that bullets can go 2600 MPH, three times the speed of sound, or that the fastest human-made object is NASA's Parker Solar Probe, which went 25,000 MPH before crashing into our Sun? This is about 0.05% the speed of light.
- So if we can somehow send a spacecraft to this galaxy at 25,000 MPH, it would take nearly a million years to get there.
- A million years ago Homo sapiens, us, did not exist.
- There were relatives like Homo heidelbergensis.
- What will we look like a million years from now?
- That article says that is not a biological question anymore, it's technological.
Designer babies will be the norm.- But, more so, it goes on to say the shape and size will depend on whether that body is on Mars or....
- Perhaps a cyborg.
- I think we won't exist, for AI will eliminate us for being a competitor. Read my posting of this past Sunday on God, Evolution and Artificial Intelligence.
Heard about a Santa Cruz otter stealing a surfboard from a surfer? Apparently, this was not an isolated incident. This one was her fourth time. Here, watch this. This otter has been identified as a 5-year old female, and even gives kayakers a bad time. Apparently female southern sea otters become aggressive from hormonal surges. Authorities are plotting to capture her and find another home away from surfers. This also happened in 2022 with another female, which they "hazed," whatever that means.
Accuweather shows Hurricane Calvin heading straight for Hawaii. However, after reaching Category 2 strength tomorrow, cooler waters will weaken him, bringing rain to the state next Tuesday and Wednesday.
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