Airline Booking Tips

"Tips for booking the cheapest airfare and best days to fly"

Not A Crisis

"There is no imminent infectious disease crisis at the border"

Teaching Kids To Use Typewriters

"A college instructor turns to typewriters to curb AI-written work and teach life lessons" 

Like a rotary phone, the manual typewriter appears simple but is not intuitive to the smartphone generation. Phelps demonstrated how to feed the paper manually, striking the keys with force but not so hard the letters would smudge. She explained that the dinging bell signifies the end of a line and the need to manually return the carriage to start the next line. (“Oh,” said one student, “that’s why it’s called ‘return.’”)

Hsieh Forbes Column: Unintended Consequences Of Government Medical Payment Policies

My latest Forbes column is now out:: "How Government Attempts To Reduce Health Spending Can Paradoxically Raise Health Costs"

Why Basketball Sneakers Squeak

Nature article on why basketball sneakers squeak. 

Summary of the Nature article from Beyond Euclid: 

"High-speed cameras showed the rubber sole rapidly snapping and slipping against the floor on impact — hundreds of tiny wave pulses, similar to fault ruptures in earthquakes. The tread pattern forces these into regular intervals, producing a steady pitch instead of noise. Flat sole: random noise. Patterned tread: something close to a tone."

Spotting AI Voice

How to detect AI-generated prose.

Winter Tire Update

"These new winter tires have studs that retract as it warms up". (Via H.R.)

Cat Physics Update

"Flexible feline spines shed light on 'falling cat' problem". (Via H.R.)

The First Multi-Behavior Brain Upload

"The First Multi-Behavior Brain Upload". Click the Eon systems link to see the video. (Via G.F.)

Headphones On United Airlines

"Good: United Threatens To Kick Off Passengers Who Don't Use Headphones"

AI Not Replacing Radiologists

CNN: "This job has become the ultimate case study for why AI won't replace human workers"

From personal experience -- our practice is busier than ever, and we are still looking to hire more (not fewer) radiologists.