First, the poor Nepalese have been preyed upon to sell kidneys to Indian surgeons. (Not sure if the typical customer is a rich Indian - but it wouldn't be surprising if foreigners seeking a fast and cheap option did this too):
Next, Sabine Hossenfelder seems impressed with a recent paper that argues quantum gravity would affect causality. As she says at the end, some might argue that this means gravity can't be treated that way, after all. Who knows?
In other sciencey news, I think I might have seen this aircraft before, but it is deeply weird looking. Apparently, the company is only selling a system for testing hypersonic flying devices - it's not even about launching into space (AFAICT):
And finally, the All Knowing Algorithm put me onto this guy for the first time, who has been taking a decade or so to provide geographical summaries of every country in the world (and as he is up to Vietnam, that's about to end.) This video is not one of his formal summary ones, but just a tavelogue of his trip to Ho Chi Minh City. He seems quite interested in the same things I am - he likes visiting temples and considering the nature of local religion and spirituality. It's very likeable content:
id say the first story is nepalling
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