THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

“Science should be about the pursuit of truth, and not about the defense of one’s preferred political ideology or personal beliefs.”

― Gad Saad

BIRTHDAYS:

1689 José Pradas Gallén, Spanish composer. Concierto, and “Qué tiernamente se queja”

1725 Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter.

1754 William Murdoch, Scottish inventor (oscillating cylinder steam engine)

1811 William Kelly, American inventor (pneumatic process of steelmaking)

1872 Aubrey Beardsley, English illustrator and author.

1882 Rik Wouters, Belgian painter.

1967 Stéphane Charbonnier, French satirical caricaturist and journalist.

1973 Sergey Brin, American businessman and computer scientist who co-founded Google with Larry Page.

MISCELLANY:

DOCTOR MENGELE, PLEASE CALL YOUR OFFICE. US pharmaceutical companies ran drug trials with Chinese military for more than a decade, House committee reveals.

I’M SO OLD I CAN REMEMBER WHEN SOLUTIONS WERE CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION. New Technique Removes More Than 98% of Nanoplastics From Water

I’M SO OLD I CAN REMEMBER CIVILITY ON TV. A Cheer for Phil Donahue

SOME RECREATIONAL READING FOR THE NEXT LOCKDOWN:

IN 2006. Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza

FOCUSED PROTECTION: The Great Barrington Declaration

SCIENCE, ETHICS, AND THE NUREMBERG CODE: Declaration of Canadian Physicians for Science and Truth

RELATED. Nuremberg Code.