Episode 396: Everything Is Nonsense

On this episode: We have a full house: Steven, Ben and Devon. Ben and Devon played some Walkabout Mini-Golf. Steven has been dealing with sick kids. Devon has been spending time alone and building fire pits. Ben does his laundry…

Biology, Something, Something: Researchers generate the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome. Scientists have published the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome, two decades after the Human Genome Project produced the first draft human genome sequence. According to researchers, having a complete, gap-free sequence of the roughly 3 billion bases (or ‘letters’) in our DNA is critical for understanding the full spectrum of human genomic variation and for understanding the genetic contributions to certain diseases.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220331151517.htm

Be Prepared: AI Predicts if and When Someone Will Experience Cardiac Arrest. An algorithm built to assess scar patterns in patient heart tissue can predict potentially life-threatening arrhythmias more accurately than doctors can.

https://hub.jhu.edu/2022/04/07/trayanova-artificial-intelligence-cardiac-arrhythmia/

Science Fiction: We discuss: Spock has a first name, Moon Knight, Upload, Star Trek , LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, Space Boy and more!