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On a recent segment of Mark Hahn’s “DriveTime Live,” we discussed the controversial nominations by President-elect Trump of Dr. Mehmet Oz, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Dr. Jay Bhattacharya for high-ranking health-related positions.

“Unless you take this issue very seriously and form alliances with those concerned about improving health outcomes, this technology will improve profits at the cost of continued deterioration in our overall health status.”  

I spoke with Lars Larson on-air about brain injuries in former NFL players, a serious issue with about one-third of these athletes believing they have brain damage and many reporting suicidal thoughts.

Fluid mechanics helps explain the flow of fluids and, by analogy, people moving through crowds.

When Lars Larson asked about climate solutions, I explained the essence of my recent article: an innovative geoengineering solution that should be tried: Large balloons at high altitudes to reflect sunlight, mimicking the cooling effects of volcan

Could this be true?

Although the election is now “over,” its downstream fallout will continue for some time. Those of us engaged in communicating science will have to live with the impact of those who did and did not endorse.

Where to start here? The possibilities are endless. There is some real (and strange) medicine in this article as well as a treasure trove of chances to allow me to express my dominant juvenile humor allele. Let's start there.

Given the title, I was initially opposed to the thesis, but I must admit the author won me over.

“Without Aristotle’s Physics, there would have been no Galileo.” - Martin Heidegger