by Larry Shultz | Feb 13, 2024 | Biodiversity, Ecology, Evolution, Physical Chemistry, Scale
Megafauna Impact Theory: A Paradigm Shift in Ecosystem Dynamics (scitechdaily.com) Whales are the engineers of their ecosystems (whalescientists.com)
by Larry Shultz | Feb 13, 2024 | Climate, Covid-19, Ecology, Public Health, Public Policy
I decided to sign up for a Zoom meeting with these air quality scientists on 2-14. I want to see their modeling for the air quality in the future. Obviously, it will be impacted by more wildfires. LS Climate change reversing gains in air quality across the U.S.: study...
by Larry Shultz | Feb 13, 2024 | Behavioral Economics, Democracy, Education, Human and Civil rights, Public Policy
Secularism and tolerance of minority groups predicts future prosperity of countries (phys.org)
by Larry Shultz | Feb 11, 2024 | Behavioral Economics, Biodiversity, Biology, Biophysical Economics, Emergent Properties, Energy, Evolution, MPP, NET non-equilibrium thermodynamics and life, Neuroeconomics, Physical Chemistry, Physical Geography, Scale, Systems Theory
Mysterious Materialism | Do the Math (ucsd.edu)
by Larry Shultz | Feb 11, 2024 | Covid-19, Public Health
Study Confirms COVID Drove Unaccounted Mortality Surge – Neuroscience News Excess natural-cause mortality in US counties and its association with reported COVID-19 deaths (pnas.org)
by Larry Shultz | Feb 11, 2024 | Climate, Physical Chemistry
Physics-based early warning signal shows that AMOC is on tipping course (science.org) Hopefully, when this does occur, it will prevent the formation of one single NH zone from the now current 3 zones. It is supposed to strengthen the Hadly cell. This is good news as...
by Larry Shultz | Feb 11, 2024 | Biology, Covid-19, Physical Chemistry, Public Health
Taurine deficiency as a driver of aging | Science
by Larry Shultz | Feb 10, 2024 | Behavioral Economics, Cities, Climate, Democracy, Emergent Properties, Public Health, Public Policy, Retirement
America’s Most Expensive Home for Sale Hits the Market for $295 Million – WSJ Donahue invented mutual funds. Each grandchild gets a cool $1 million at 18 or 21. I have been by there numerous times on a boat and just walking to the south end of the sparkling...
by Larry Shultz | Feb 9, 2024 | Democracy, Education, Public Policy, Science
A very recent OECD skills study showed that citizens, age 16-65, of the USA scored 19th of 20 nations in the adjusted mean numeracy test and 18 of 21 in literacy. For young people age 16-24 in the numeracy test the USA was 24 of 24, and 20 of 21 in literacy. In terms...
by Larry Shultz | Feb 9, 2024 | Retirement
42% do not have a retirement account, but of those who do: For middle-income Americans, those in the 40th to 60th percentile by income, the median retirement plan held just $39,000 Note currently it takes about $100,000 to buy an single payment non deferred annuity at...
