Hsieh Forbes Column: How Often Do Medical Emergencies Occur On Airplanes?

My latest Forbes column is now out: "How Often Do Medical Emergencies Occur On Airplanes? What Passengers And Physicians Need To Know"

Awesome Guitar Intros

Video: "Top 80 Greatest Guitar Intros"

OpenAI Becomes For-Profit

"Microsoft and OpenAI's new for-profit deal gives Windows maker 27% stake"

Sturdy D-Cell Battery

Great experiment utilizing a Christmas card music player and a D-Cell battery.

14 years and 2 months!!!

The Misnomer Of The "Pneumonia Vaccine"

Dr. Amesh Adalja: "In this video I discuss pneumococcal vaccination -- even though it's called the 'pneumonia vaccine' it is not about the prevention of pneumonia (but about prevention of invasive disease)"

In this video I discuss pneumococcal vaccination — even though it’s called the “pneumonia vaccine” it is not about the prevention of pneumonia (but about prevention of invasive disease) pic.twitter.com/MQMCV0lVKj

— Amesh Adalja (@AmeshAA) October 28, 2025

Superhuman Learning

"Thinking Machines challenges OpenAI's AI scaling strategy: 'First superintelligence will be a superhuman learner'"

AI False Alarm

"US student handcuffed after AI system apparently mistook bag of chips for gun"

Real Red October Navy Story

"'Sir, a Rogue Captain Is Stealing a Warship': The Real Hunt for Red October Story"

Quantum Computing Updates

"IBM says conventional AMD chips can run quantum computing error correction algorithm". 

Related: "Google says it has developed landmark quantum computing algorithm".

Inverted Picture

"Same picture when inverted"

Tesla Safety Data

Interesting Tesla safety data, posted 10/22/2025: 

Drivers using Autopilot technology: One crash per every 6.36 million miles driven. 

Drivers not using Autopilot: One crash per 993,000 miles driven. 

All drivers (per NHTSA): One crash per 702,000 miles driven.

Alzheimer's Progress

"Scientists Achieve 'Striking Reversal of Alzheimer's' in Mice"

Wave Math

"The Hidden Math of Ocean Waves Crashes Into View"

Closer To Nanobots

"A Pill That Prints-An Ingestible Bioprinter for Non-Invasive Structured Bioink Deposition". (Via H.R.)

Semi-Telepathy

"MIT-Linked Startup Unveils 'Near-Telepathic' Wearable Device for Silent Communication". (Via H.R.)

Changes These iPhone Settings

"The 25 Key Settings You Need to Change on Your iPhone"

Amit Kukreja Deep Dive On BMNR

"BMNR: Tom Lee Is Buying Ethereum Faster Than You or I Can". (Not financial advice.)