Category: Science

Technology / Science / The Future

 by Jaffa Levy

Starlink, China, and the Night Sky: What the UN Complaints Did and Did Not Change

China’s 2021 notification to the United Nations about near-misses involving Starlink satellites prompted diplomatic exchange but no enforcement action. Separately, astronomers have raised growing concerns about Starlink’s impact on the night sky through orbital light pollution. Together, the two disputes expose a widening gap between rapidly expanding private satellite networks and a space law framework built for a quieter age.

Science / Health

 by Jaffa Levy

How Tumours Use the Nervous System: Cancer Neuroscience, Drug Repurposing, and the Evidence Big Pharma Ignores

Cancer neuroscience shows that tumours do not just sit in the body. They recruit nerves, form synapses, steal mitochondria and tap into the stress system to grow and spread. Some of the most promising ways to interfere with that wiring involve cheap drugs we already have. The science is glamorous. The problem is simple. No one can make enough money from the obvious experiments.

Science / Health

 by Jaffa Levy

Ozempic for the Masses: Why Orforglipron a Tablet for Weight Loss Scares Both Insurers and Food Giants

A new daily pill called orforglipron promises to do for obesity and type two diabetes what Ozempic and Wegovy could never quite manage: escape the clinic and land in the bathroom cabinet. Trial data show close to ten per cent weight loss in people with diabetes and more in others, but also a harsher truth. This is not a cure. It is a lifelong metabolic lease.

Science

 by Jaffa Levy

Sunlight: The Missing Medicine for High Blood Pressure

For decades, sunlight has been cast as the enemy—something to block, screen, or fear. Yet beneath the warnings lies a quieter truth: our bodies are wired to thrive on light, and pills alone cannot...