I read (what I could understand) of the actual article. The doublets are Pr, the singlets are Sc, and the little red circles are oxygen. The authors say that the imaging uncertainty is related to thermal vibrations of the atoms; I think this is where the 'clouds' come from in this image.

The crystal is PrScO3; you can easily distinguish all three elements in the lattice structure, as well as their positions (note the alternating positions of the oxygen atoms). Semiconductor designers are going to be able to actually see where dopants end up in the crystal structure. That is very cool.

It's called the 'Quad Chart' - a daily time series of heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate, and patient temperature plotted together. It was developed by William Halsted at Johns Hopkins in the late 1800s. Makes it very easy to note the temporal relationship of changes in physiology, which in turn drives diagnosis.

Yet another example of blue privilege. We shall never be free of its pernicious grasp.

Intel spent $84 billion on stock buybacks over the last ten years instead of worrying about building chips. Now they want more $billions from the taxpayer. Dirty.

For most of history surgeons weren't considered to be actual physicians. That is why there was Royal College of Physicians in England, but the surgeons were part of the Royal College of Barbers and Surgeons. Hence why they were called "Mister" and why surgeons in England insist on being called "Mister" to this day. Perverse pride and reverse snobbery, indeed.

Cesium and Potassium are both Group 1 cations so they compete for the same biological substrates; the more famous example of this is strontium and calcium in Group 2. Lower availability of potassium means a higher likelihood of cesium being incorporated into a biomolecule. I agree with you that it's more likely related to fallout patterns, but the paper is about apparent concentration of cesium by biological processes. It's not a 'magical' mechanism.

If the on-mission physician gets sick, they treat the patient, up to and including taking out their own appendix. That feat has actually been pulled off successfully (Leonid Rogozov, MD, Antarctica).

Agree - this feature is used any time a patient with one of these goes to the operating room for surgery. The electrocautery systems in ubiquitous use generate spurious signals that will make a defibrillator, in particular, fire. It's routine practice to call the Medtronic (or whoever) rep to come in and disable the device.

I've been vaccinated (a week ago).

So my friend who is in this category runs a very small niche company that supports hardware development for MEMS systems. Half of her business is in Europe. That's why she flies. But don't let reality intrude upon your stream of bullshit.

You know this how?

This isn't about rich people on private jets. This is about the fact that 1% of business travelers fly about 50% of the miles. It's a remarkable statistic that is widely known amongst business travelers.

These are the people who are in the ebony credstick class of frequent flyers; airlines bend over backwards for these travelers. If they have a tight connection, the airline will have a car meet them at the plane and drive them across the tarmac to get to their plane.

I know one of these people; she isn't at all rich, she just flies a quarter million miles a year for her job. This whole article is a troll.

AI has a specific meaning in any realm of human thought? This is news to me - please elaborate?

I will freely admit that I'm not a computer guru. But I've read this blog for a long time now. And that leaves me free to opine the following:

AI is a marketing term, first and foremost.

This is a quadcopter.