Further German predictions about 2010

The final hostages to die in the terrorist attack on the BP joint-operated gas plant in Algeria were strapped to machinery as a huge bomb was detonated, managers at the plant said Thursday. Western media visiting the remote plant at In Amenas for the first time heard detailed accounts of the terrifying end met by a group of eight to 10 expatriate workers. Lufti Benadouda, the site’s Algerian general manager, said there was a major explosion on the night of Thursday, Jan. 17, at the central production facility, where the hostage takers had gathered for a final stand.

By Michael Becker:Following the introduction of monoclonal antibodies, signal transduction inhibitors, and other targeted agents beginning in the late 1990s, there is a common misconception that the use of older cancer therapies, such as radiation, is on the decline.

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Here is one bit from a very good Robert Gordon essay (which I will cover again in a while): ...if one starts down the road of comparing changes in life expectancy, the yearly rate of increase in life expectancy at birth during 1900–50, resulting in substantial part from the inventions of the Second Industrial Revolution, was 0.72 percent per year, the 0.24 percent annual rate during 1950–95.

The Burrill Report submits: In keeping with our annual tradition here at The Burrill Report, we present Steve Burrill's predictions for the life sciences in 2011:

Well, more or less.  Or is it an iPad?  In 1910 Stoss published an essay called "The Wireless Century," intending to predict the world of 2010.  In this world everyone carries around a "wireless telegraph" which: 1. Serves as a telephone, the whole world over. 2. Either rings or vibrates in your pocket. 3. Can transmit any musical recording or performance with perfect clarity. 4. Can allow people to send each other photographs, across the entire world.