AI beats doctors at heart disease diagnosis

AI Beats doctors at predicting heart disease deaths.

These "simple" tasks of diagnosis in medicine are the "easy," low hanging fruit.  AI will disrupt medicine and health care more profoundly this year.

The Lady Vanishes by Charles Sheffield

Great story, very tightly-scripted.  4/5 stars.

Das Brilliante Armband

Fun radio drama with a great twist, a bit dated.  3/5 stars.

Cold as Ice by Charles Sheffield

Fun story with interesting characters, 4/5 stars.

Viral by Piers Platt

Unoriginal, uninspiring, underwhelming, bad science, but good story, interesting psych and sociology. 3/5 stars.

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Brothers to Dragons by Charles Sheffield

Good but depressing story, 3/5 stars.

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Planetside by Michael Mammy

Good military drama, decent space opera, 4/5 stars.

Cambrian Explosion lends evidence to "cosmic" origin of life

Cause of Cambrian Explosion - Terrestrial or Cosmic?

And octopuses may be space aliens because they suddenly appeared, can regulate their own RNA and slow down their own evolution.

Die Fahrt von Michael Gerdes

Interesting, melodramatic mystery with great suspense.  The story plays out like a murder mystery dinner with new revelations every page.  3/5 stars.

Nightflyer and other Stories by George R.R. Martin

Decent space opera science fiction from the 1970s.  He is a good writer and had talent when he was young.  4/5 stars.