The Independent has an excellent summary of the state of the art on gene splicing … the REAL issues behind 522 …. Washington State’s failed initiative to label any food containing genomes that have been modified using the tool set of molecular genetics. I votes against this becau[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Science’
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.[...]
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![...]
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[...]
September 20th, 2013 - 9:14 am § in Religion
HYPING SCIENCE
The Telegraph reports that the Japanese government has drawn up a recommendation that will permit growth of human organs, from stem cells, in pigs. The claim is that the stem cells will “grow into a perfect human organ, a kidney or even a heart, as the host animal matures. When the adult creat[...]
September 18th, 2013 - 12:20 pm § in Uncategorized
Brave New World: In Vitro Fertilization Cheaper Than Buying an iPad.
IVF as cheap as £170, doctors claim The cost of IVF can be cut dramatically from thousands of pounds to around £170 to open up a “new era” in IVF, fertility doctors from Belgium claim.[...]
September 10th, 2013 - 4:35 am § in Uncategorized
Nursing and Western Governors University
comment from a nurse about WGU: I am a Registered Nurse. I got the degree that made me eligible for the NCLEX exam at a traditional brick and mortar college, and one of the oldest nursing programs in the country. Nursing courses are all pass/fail. The NCLEX exam is pass/fail. Some schools gr[...]
August 19th, 2013 - 10:31 am § in America
A House That Uses NO Commericial Energy?
New Paltz, NY – Building Homes That Make More Power Than They Take Today 12:51 PM New Paltz, NY – Homes being built in this Hudson Valley cul-de-sac offer prospective buyers wooded lots, pretty views and — oh yes — the promise of thumbing your nose at the power utility. These “[...]
July 3rd, 2013 - 9:54 am § in Science, The Ave Scene
White Men Can Jump
To often we accept the idea that people, more specifically African Americans are born with natural athletic abilities. I myself have heard this on many occasions, at one point possibly believed it to be true sad to say. I’ve heard theories that African Americans are athletically superior as a resu[...]
The Tabloid Science Journals Attack Open Acess
Over at Science, John Bohannon writes of an experiment. He submitted a phony paper to a large number of open access journals. “157 of the journals had accepted the paper and 98 …rejected it. Of the remaining 49 journals, 29 seem to be derelict: websites abandoned by their creators[...]