Two wrongs don’t make a right. Unless, of course, you are able to develop a celebrity driven media campaign and bullshit your way into some government grant money. Then wrong and right no longer matter. Such is the case with embryonic stem cell research. After a barrage of well funded, impassioned pleas by [...]
Our mythic fable continues. Our newborn earth was a far different place then the one we call home today. On a smaller scale, but similar to the emptiness of pre-atomic space, it was a canvas void of life, hope and god. The molten surface hissed with noxious gasses and ebbed and flowed at the will [...]
Hey! I’ve got an idea. As the “life and death” 11 day summit on global warming marches on in Copenhagen, scientists are joining together in a single ominous voice to damn all of advanced society for the conveniences we so callously employ without thought of the fatal damage we are inflicting upon our fragile planet. [...]
A little organ makes for a big problem. “We’re not saying that Darwin’s idea of evolution is wrong — that would be absurd, as we’re using his ideas on evolution to do this work, it’s just that Darwin simply didn’t have the information we have now.” That is a very important quote from William Parker, [...]
American aphorist Mason Cooley is quoted as saying “Human society sustains itself by transforming nature into garbage.” Perhaps if he was still alive today he would revise his statement to say “Nature is overcome by turning humans into garbage.” And if he wouldn’t say it, I sure will. The unfortunate and ghastly truth is that [...]
