Because without understanding how it works, we could die. From disease, from starvation, or from stupidity. Read the whole op-ed here. Then (and only then — if you won’t RTFA, your opinion doesn’t count) feel free to debate, disagree, and… Continue Reading
The commercial cloning of pets is now a reality. An American woman received five puppies cloned from her late, beloved pit bull Booger. She paid $50,000 for the cloned puppies. As you can see, she is incredibly happy and yes,… Continue Reading
Global warming “scientists” are not necessarily wrong to suggest that large-scale industrialization is affecting climate patterns. They are guilty, though, of jumping to dramatic conclusions based on insufficient supporting data. It turns out that global weather and climate patterns are… Continue Reading
Capuchins are small monkeys endemic to the rain forests of Colombia, Venezuela, and the Central American isthmus. They look like the fellow to the left, an adult male, who is about two feet long, not counting his long tail. Cute.… Continue Reading
Then you can worry about the possibility that bovine spongiform encephalopathy (that is, mad cow disease) and its close cousin Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease can be transmitted by way of gelatin. You see, gelatin is made from animal products — bones, cartilage,… Continue Reading
On July 1, 1858, Charles Darwin co-presented his concept of evolution by way of natural selection to the Linnaeus Society in London. In so doing, he lent his already-considerable scientific prestige to a number of ideas that had fallen into… Continue Reading
Well, that actually depends on how you define “life.” If by “life” you mean self-replicating organic molecules, and by “creating” life, you mean doing something to transform non self-replicating organic compounds into self-replicating organic compounds, then scientists have created life.… Continue Reading
Because you secretly thought of ionic bonding this way in the tenth grade, too:
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier is best known as the father of modern chemistry. This picture of him and his wife Marie-Anne, a full-size print of the original (which can be found at the Met) graces the wall of my living room.… Continue Reading
The tests this morning proved that most of my allergy therapy back in Tennessee did me a lot of good. I do not show up as having a significant allergic reaction to pollens, grasses, and other plants up here —… Continue Reading