Unfortunate that we are watching a solved human health problem become unsolved. https://t.co/mA5xpoNZE2

I think people underestimate how earth shattering a conclusion that non-ionizing radiation causes cancer would be | California Warns People to Limit Exposure to Cellphones. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwg-uPrzM

I miss fonio. http://slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/roads/2017/11/fonio_could_this_forgotten_west_african_grain_be_the_world_s_next_trendy.html… via @slate

Here’s How Drones Do (and Don’t) Threaten Passenger Aircraft https://scientificamerican.com/article/here-rsquo-s-how-drones-do-and-don-rsquo-t-threaten-passenger-aircraft/?wt.mc=SA_Twitter-Share… via @sciam

Relocating bus stops 120 ft away from intersections would cut riders’ pollution exposure, study finds: Relocating bus stops would cut riders’ pollution exposure, study finds (phys.org)

How Anti-Terrorism Design Can Also Make Cities More Livable http://53eig.ht/2zEkAQY

Scientific Papers Are Getting Less Readable – Neuroskeptic | Scientific Papers Are Getting Less Readable | Discover Magazine

Engineers regularly embrace the idea of the planned invention (e.g., by this future date we will have created a tech. sol’n for this prob.)

(1) TED Talks on X: ““Innovation is not just a matter of luck. It’s possible to have a strategy of innovation.” https://t.co/orTTPGqZAA” / X

The arcane, fascinating academic debate that helps explain why we didn’t prepare for Harvey. http://slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2017/09/how_social_discounting_helps_explain_why_we_don_t_prepare_for_disasters.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_top… via @slate

A lot of confusion about what a “500-year event” means in relation to #Harvey, and since I evaluate #Risks, and am from #Dickinson , TX …

A 500-year event only means it has been assessed a probability of 0.2% of happening for that location in a year (1% for a 100-yr event) …

When you start stacking events (multiple years or multiple areas) then the probability can get much higher …

See this graph of cumulative probabilities of experiencing such an event with multiple independent* events (*probably a bad assumption) …

(again assuming independence) over a 30-year mortgage, a house would have a 5.8% probability of seeing a 500-yr event (26% of 100-yr event)

Over 50 regions with the same risk, there would be a 9.5% probability of one of them seeing a 500-yr event in a yr (39.4% for 100-yr event)

Over a 79 year lifetime, there is a 14.6% probability of seeing a 500-year event (54.8% of 100-yr event) [again assuming independence] …

*Independence* means that no event informs us on the probability of any other event (i.e. things are not changing)

So, independence assumes no climate change, no increase in flooding due to development, etc. (i.e. prob not true, but makes math easier)

I’m here today because my great grandfather, at the age of ~8, survived the great storm of 1900 in Galveston, Texas.

As terrible as Harvey is, the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 was much, much worse: http://on.forbes.com/60118IzbU

Here’s how much bacteria you spew on the cake while blowing out birthday candles. – Seriously, Science? http://bit.ly/2vwGwvl

A surprising amount of medical research isn’t made public. That’s dangerous. https://vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/8/1/16012946/clinical-trial-research-public-transparency?utm_campaign=vox&utm_content=entry&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter… via @voxdotcom

Miles traveled and traffic deaths up in recent yrs | U.S. traffic death increase caused by speeding, says new study https://curbed.com/2017/7/28/16051780/us-traffic-death-speeding-statistics-speeding

“Unlike other factors like alcohol or unbelted riders, speeding has few neg. social consequences associated with it”

“There is not strong evidence that the 85th percentile speed limit standard equates with the lowest crash rate”

“Though cities try to make streets safer, changes are difficult to implement as drivers complain that solutions extend commute times”

Prob just the beginning of a new chapter of knowledge | Study: CTE Found In Nearly All Donated NFL Player Brains https://n.pr/2uVnpdg

Ethically do NFL players believe they understand and are fairly compensated for this risk to their health and safety?

What other professions and activities may put people at risk of this kind of damage to the brain?