Open access is not the problem – my take on Science’s peer review “sting” Michael Eisen, Associate Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology | 10/4/13 | 11 comments In 2011, after having read several really bad papers in the journal Science, I decided to explore just how slipshod their peer-r[...]
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Is GMO OK If It Cures Horrid Disease in a Poor Country?
VIETNAM RELEASES MOSQUITOES WITH BACTERIA THAT CURE DEMGUE FEVER!!!!!! This bacteria, though not cut and spliced, is a genome and it may solve the horrible problem of Dengue. from CBS News: VietnamNguyen Thi Yen rolls up the sleeves of her white lab coat and delicately slips her arms into a box cove[...]
Praise God: And Man Said, “Let The Deaf and Dumb Speak and Hear!”
Washington, Nov. 4 : A team of researchers has developed a translator that is able to convert signs into spoken and written language – and vice versa. The translator features a computer and a Kinect camera which is capable of recognizing signing gestures, then gives a spoken and written transl[...]
November 6th, 2013 - 9:40 am § in Science, The Ave Scene
Science Denial Aids County Budget
King County snowplows to be scarce this winter The county will plow only 10 percent of its road miles this winter, a casualty of a decline in the county roads budget.[...]
November 4th, 2013 - 8:46 am § in Science, The Ave Scene
TA Endorses Ed Murray.
Why Is The Economist Interested in Seattle’s mayor race or the 522 initiative? Last week’s Economist had TWO articles on Seattle on about our mayoral election and one about the 522 referendum to require GMO labelling of all food. The articles are both worth reading if only becaus[...]
Old World Computers Vs. The Youngsters
Huff Post: Zuck: Internet Will Save The World! Gates: ‘It’s A Joke’ Is today’s tech world less moral than the one founded by Bill Gates? [...]
October 29th, 2013 - 4:14 am § in Science, The Ave Scene
GMOs for safety
About 2/3rds of the way through this video on high tech safety, watch how UW scientists, working with colleagues at U Colorado show how bacteria can add new genes to plants! These genes are designed to detect bombs at the airports![...]
October 17th, 2013 - 11:38 pm § in Science, The Ave Scene
Welcome to Seattle, How Mulally was chosen ….
The Inside Scoop on Alan Mulally …. Alan Mulally’s selection as CEO of Microsoft occurred only after directors on Microsoft’s CEO search committee approached internal candidates and at least eight outsiders. The Wall Street Journal reported that the outsiders included candidate[...]
BREAKING NEWS: Blood Pressure
Tiny adrenal tumors ’cause high blood pressure’ Hypertension, “high blood pressure” is far more dangerous than most people understand. The disease afflicts humans as we get older by destroying our kidneys and causing strokes and heart attacks. The risks are even worse in thir[...]
GMO Discovery Awarded World Food Prize
While Voters Here Must Decide on Initiative 522 to Require Labeling Any Genetically Engineered Food, three Monsanto scientists, Marc Van Montagu, Rob Fraley, and Mary Dell Chilton received this year’s prestigious Norman Borlaug Lecture and World Food Prize, Thursday, Oct. 17 in Iowa. They r[...]