Josh Fischman
@jfischman
Senior editor and special projects editor. Formerly Scientific American and health podcast host. Stories on health, biology, science & politics, cute animals
This weekends #WorldCup championship between Argentina and Spain reprised the 1816 outcome of the Argentine War of Independence against Ferdinand VII.
Hoping that tomorrow's Spain -France match #WORLDCUP will finally rebalance the Treaty of the Pyrenees from the 17th century, which gave Louis IV too many concessions. I'm sure almost everyone agrees.
There's an important new idea about the cause of heart disease--and there's a way to treat it and save lives. @sciam.bsky.social is having a webinar on it on April 16. Join me & @tanyalewis.bsky.social & @sethfletcher.bsky.social at 1pm, 4/16, at www.scientificamerican.com/page/events/
And in comfort news, my dog makes a good pillow. (And the very soft complaining growling lulls you to sleep.)
Print magazines are important (and endangered). Because if they disappear...
My friend David Wheeler just saw this sign at the Tokyo airport. Not sure that terrifying tourists is the right look for a govt tourism agency. But it does get your attention.
What to do if your dog won't come when called? Dogtraining subReddit: "Make yourself more interesting." Hah! Been working on that for decades. With little success.
1954, about 450 feet from home plate with his back turned, Willie Mays hauls in a line drive and saves World Series Game 1. Say Hey to the hero who passed today, age 93.
That last post needed a better image. Here. And read my post on zombie smell chemistry below.
Blew out our last flip-flop... Thank you and here's to you, Jimmy Buffett.
Why 20,000 octopus - world's biggest group- gather near Calif.coast: better sex in a hot tub. Pick your headline: https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/08/23/researchers-discover-why-20000-octopuses-are-brooding-off-monterey-coast-its-the-warm-springs/.
Sometimes my dog Kayla pretends to be a real guard dog. She can fake it for about 10 seconds.
Half the US is going to have "junglelike" humidity during the next week and a half. Pant pant. Map from https://www.bennollweather.com/