Major Threat to Religion? Clergy People Coming Out as Atheists by Greta Christina on AlterNet What happens when a clergy person — a minister, a priest, a rabbi, an imam — realizes he doesn’t believe in God? And what happens when he says it out loud? What happens when they fi[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Science’
August 8th, 2017 - 10:29 pm § in Uncategorized
Mice Grown From Wheat
Why People Once Thought Mice Grew Out of Wheat [...]
JOIN US …. March For Science …. APRIL 22 …. Cal Anderson Park
Do you know that there are about 20,000 people in Seattle’s scientific community? Do you know that science fellows often make less than school teachers even after earning a PhD? Do you know that it takes as much as ten years after college, at low wages, to train to become a junior faculty memb[...]
March 22nd, 2017 - 8:13 am § in Donald Trump, Hypocrisy
TRUMP MAKES WAR ON BIOLOGY RESEARCH
Why Trump’s N.I.H. Cuts Should Worry Us By HAROLD VARMUS Last week I was in London to participate in a scientific symposium. During coffee breaks, many British colleagues asked me and other American visitors to explain the bewildering news that President Trump had announced his intention to cut th[...]
Trump Creates Academic Turnmoil
TRAVEL BAN THROWS RESEARCH, ACADEMIC EXCHANGE INTO TURMOILBOSTON (AP) – Universities across the nation say President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from seven Muslim countries is disrupting vital research projects and academic exchanges in such fields as medicine, public health and engi[...]
December 15th, 2016 - 12:03 pm § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
Bristol-Myers Squibb to shutter ZymoGenetics
Why has UW biology been so much less successful than our rivals in San Francisco, San Diego, North Carolina, Philadelphia and Boston? This epochal announcement comes as a blow to the idea that Lake Union will ever become a Life Sciences Lake, rivalling San Jose’s Silicon Valley. Zymogeneti[...]
A FACEBOOK DIALOG ON STANDING ROCK
Mary Anne Campbell I just heard from a client who trains her horses in North Dakota. She has another side of this story from the other people who live in this community. While I absolutely stand with the principles being defended at Standing Rock, I think it’s very apparent this year that [...]
DelBene Leads Effort to Fund NIH
DelBene Leads Bipartisan Letter Urging $2 Billion Boost for NIH More than 160 House members signed the bipartisan letter urging congressional leaders to prioritize biomedical research by increasing funding for NIH. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) led more than 160 Hou[...]
November 7th, 2016 - 5:12 am § in America, Environment
Radical Republicans
Senator Mark Kirk‘s statements denying climate change were not only confusing, but also historically and scientifically inaccurate. We were glad to se…e him come out and clarify his views on climate change today, but we want him to take the next step. It’s time for Senator Kirk to [...]
As Passover Nears its end, The Hyksos in Israel
The story of the Exodus is currently unpopular amongst scholars because, supposedly, of the lack of evidence of the event in Egyptian writings. In my opinion the scholars are sharing the antisemitism of writings of Manetho, alter time Egyptian priest who demeaned the Semitic rulers of Egypt, the H[...]