To start, though, from the New York Times this morning: Details about these grand public undertakings have dribbled out rather un-grandly. The government’s finance wizards have revised and re-revised, and in some cases re-re-revised, their cost estimates. It’s all about as clear as the algae-clouded water in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. NYT also reported: After weeks of speculation over Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding plans, clues suggest that it might be at Madison Square Garden over the July 4 weekend . Back-to-back earthquakes of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude rocked the region of Morlon, Venezuela last night, killing nearly 200 people and injuring more than 1500. The first quake of 7.2 hit west of Moron, about 105 miles west of Caracas. A minute later, a larger one, 7.5, struck a region southwest of Moron. Buildings as far as Brazil's Amazon, more than a thousand miles away from Caracas, were damaged. Venezuela is the country from where former President Nicola Maduro...

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 of 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 decipher how they do this? The science of eternal life. Can there...