Popular Posts 2019

PretendingNotToPanic.com is a blog based on “news for people who are eager and anxious about the future“; with additional constraints Continue reading →

Data That Matters February 2019

The US saw more jobs (304,000) but slower wage growth (0.1%). Massive efforts have planted enough to add 5% to Continue reading →

Ocean Oxygen Decline

There’s oxygen in water. Most oceanic life depends on it. The oxygen is decreasing. In general, the ocean oxygen content Continue reading →

American Life Expectancy Drops

For the third year in a row, life expectancy in America didn’t improve. Thanks to suicides and overdoses, as well Continue reading →

Do Lab Grown Brains Think

Medicine advances quickly enough that something miraculous years ago is now considered normal. Remember the debates over various fertilization procedures? Continue reading →

Flying Insects Failing

It isn’t just about the bees. Over the last 25 years, flying insects have declined by 75%. It’s an easy Continue reading →

Life Expectancy In US Decreases

The quick answer, life expectancy in the US has dropped from 78.9 years to 78.8 years. That’s not a big Continue reading →

Seat Of Human Consciousness

“scientists have now identified two specific cortex regions that they believe could be essential to human consciousness” – World Economic Continue reading →