Do you have any idea how much a pill that cures baldness would be worth? After erectile dysfunction that's like the holy grail of the pharmaceutical industry, a drug to treat something that's incredibly common especially in middle aged men (in theory when disposable income skyrockets) that's also very embarrassing for a smaller but still large large number of younger people.

That's why it's news. Unfortunately for Pfizer (and the many men, including myself, who are balding) his particular baldness was almost certainly caused by a rare autoimmune disorder (and treated by a drug designed to treat similar disorder) and is therefore unlikely to produce a generalized treatment

All of the above is not an option? I guess they say "prefer" but for me it all depends on the night, the day I've had, the day the wife's had, what's in the queue for shows and movies, what book I'm currently reading, etc, etc.

In the areas targeted, banana's are a staple food. Much like rice is an many Asian cultures and wheat is in many western cultures. It isn't the sweet, ready to eat variety we get here, it's a starchy hard fruit that needs to be cooked before eating; in many ways it's closer to a potato than anything else. You are talking about swapping one luxury good for another (relatively speaking anyway), while they are talking about talking about a small modification to a food that is already the primary calorie source.

I'm 5'9", how much do you think I need to weigh to fall into the category of "morbid obesity"? 300 lbs? 400? Try 240. More people are morbidly obese than you think.

I just want to reiterate this. A pound of fat is 3500 Calories. To burn one pound per week you have to either cut 500 Calories per day (say, but not drinking those 2 cans of Mountain Dew and skipping the handful of Doritos) or you could run 2-3 miles, per day, 7 days a week. With effort, you can shave 1000 Calories off a "typical" American diet without even changing what foods you're eating and without feeling too miserable. If you change to a better protein/carb balance you can make that 1500 pretty easily.

Or apathy. I.e. "we know the GOP candidate will win so who cares?"

I'm not sure you understand how gerrymandered house districts are. Republicans will not lose the seat unless there's a massive upheaval in the political landscape or, more likely, the Dems eke out a majority at some point in the future and redraw the lines in their favor.

Google and Amazon (despite what the summary incorrectly states) have had online payment systems for years. Those are just the 500 lb gorillas, there's literally dozens of other providers, none of which have managed to gain much traction.

Personally I avoid paypal like the plague, too many horror stories. But then, I've never had reason to argue with Google Wallet or Amazon Payments, so maybe resolving conflicts would be just as much hassle with than as with paypal, I couldn't even say.

Dang $500 collectors edition Millenium Falcon... if only I hadn't been a poor college student at the time...

There is nothing at all saying a corporation can't call out the common good in it's bylaws, mission statement, and investment perspectis.

The risks of government abuse if such a system is available are practically unlimited and, if history is anything to go by, almost guaranteed to come to pass. Ignoring them from your risk/reward calculations isn't just dumb, it's incredibly, mind numbingly dumb.

How about "Adds that look like a download link on file hosting websites". Trying to download files without adblock is like a puzzle game... only one button does what you want and there's little if anything to distinguish between it and the numerous (and probably malware filled) fakes.

Yeah, but how much of it is meaningful. It's not as though every atom in your body needs to be precisely position, not even every cell. Heck, it's entirely possible that most of the tissues outside the nervous system wouldn't need to be placed all that accurately.

Long term goals for the launch recovery include recovery of the second stage, essentially the entire rocket would be recovered and reused. If that can be accomplished (a non-trivial "if" certainly), launch costs could drop to the hundreds of thousands range rather than the tens of millions. You could have 100 launches for the cost of a single one today (already one of the cheapest launch platforms in history). Most of the cost of major missions is getting stuff to orbit; cut that one item by 99% and a lot of budget math changes.