Thursday Links Posted on February 29, 2024February 29, 2024 by John C. Goodman A reminder: The Cuban health care system is far from the best in the world and nothing about it warrants extraordinary praise. “In the past few weeks, there’s been an explosion of new tools for programming DNA and RNA.” “We’re entering a golden age of engineering biology.” “Once groundbreaking Covid-19 vaccines became available a year into the pandemic, rich countries looked out for themselves and poorer countries were largely left behind.” AI can handle customer calls better than humans.