A dad’s diet affects his sperm — and his sons’ health

Mouse fathers who ate high-fat foods and human fathers with high body-mass index have male offspring with metabolic disorders. A dad’s sperm records his diet — and this record affects his sons’ metabolism, according to a study of mice and humans1. Giving male mice a high-fat diet raises levels of some types of RNA in … Les mer

Skatt og likhet

Guttorm Schjelderup, DN.no 27. mai 2024, kl. 19.59 I DN 25. mai skriver mine to kolleger Jøril Mæland og Karin Thorburn at formuesskatten krymper kaken vi har til deling. De nevner ikke at nesten alle skatter krymper kaken, og at det ikke er belegg fra empirisk studier om at kaken krymper mer ved formuesskatten. Statistikken viser hvor … Les mer

The split brain

Gazzaniga, Michael S., «The Split Brain Revisited,» Scientific American, July 1998 The Corpus Callosum has been severed, a treatment for epilepsy. 1.  Each hemisphere was presented a picture that related to one of four cards placed in front of the split-brain subject.  The right hemisphere saw the picture on the left (a snow scene), and … Les mer

The Chevy Malibu is the latest sedan to die

Chevy will stop production of its Malibu model in November to push into EV production. By Cassandra Cassidy May 10, 2024 High school parking lots are going to look a lot different in 10 years. This week, GM announced it’s retiring the Chevy Malibu, the company’s last sedan model, to focus on EV production. The … Les mer

Innsiktsfulle sitater

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” Upton Sinclair, forfatter, gravejournalist og politisk aktivist, 1878-1968 There’s a lot of aversion to risk. When you get people involved whose job it is to mitigate risk, they’re just going to say no to most things. … Les mer

Data-kraft

Kilde: FRONTIER GROUP. 5. OKTOBER, 2023 Data centers consumed 240-340 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2022, or 240-340 billion kilowatt-hours – about 1.0-1.3% of total global electricity use, comparabel to the total electricity consumption of UK. In 2020, the information and communication technology sector as a whole, including data centers, networks and user devices, consumed about 915 TWh of electricity, or 4-6% of all … Les mer

Brad DeLong: Slouching Towards Utopia.

1870-2010: The long 20th century, the most influential period ever. Pre 1870: Patriarkat, de fleste desperate fattige og styrt av en kleptokratisk elite. En enke uten sønner er helt uten rettigheter. 1000-1650: Fra Føydalisme til svartkrutt-imperier. Bevæpnede eliter kjører et kontinuerlig force & fraud scheme mot massene. Det skjer en forandring, men den går sakte. … Les mer

Solceller fra GE

Fram til 15. feburar 2024 kjører Gudbrandsdal Energi et kampanjetilbud på solceller, med 5% rabatt og 32.500,- i Enova-støtte. For 40 paneler på 410W (de billigste, ikke de beste), nok til å dekke hele garasjetaket, er prisen 242.000,- og anslått årlig produksjon 13 600 kWh. GE kjøper all overskuddsstrøm til spotpris minus 1 øre. Om jeg … Les mer