Science & Society
- GMO Foods And The Precautionary Principle
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There have been several articles talking about opposition to GMO foods as being "anti-science" and raising the issue of the precautionary principle, but in fairness, we have to consider what the role of the precautionary principle is, before we j ...
Article - Gerhard Adam - Feb 23 2012 - 11:39pm
- This Is Going To Be A Problem
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Back in August, an iPhone game called simply "Squids" charmed me with its adorable, somewhat-anatomically-plausible rendition of my favorite animal. Luckily for my productivity, however, I don't have an iPhone--I have a Nexus One. ...
Article - Danna Staaf - Feb 29 2012 - 5:23pm
- My Workplaces: Mad Scientist Lab versus Chinese Red Banners
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It may be of interest for those outside of science and academia to get a closer look at what diverse scientists’ work environments are like. Some may be surprised about the drab conditions. Only few places look like the mad scientists’ secret laboratory ...
Blog Post - Sascha Vongehr - May 5 2013 - 12:57am
- Requiem for Humanity — Disease
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DISEASE In an October 17, 2005 New York Times Op-Ed article titled Recipe for Destruction, Ray Kurzweil and Bill Joy collaborated on the following article: AFTER a decade of painstaking research, federal and university scientists have reconstructed the 19 ...
Blog Post - Alan Hoshor - Mar 10 2012 - 2:39pm
- Requiem for Humanity — Biological Weapons
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BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS How will human nature steer our nations over the coming decades? What are we evolved to do? The fundamental purpose of a living thing is to gather resources and reproduce. Some animals develop societies where the fundamental survival in ...
Blog Post - Alan Hoshor - Mar 10 2012 - 2:24pm
- Unscientific America-- Denying Science At Our Peril
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Increasingly, science is failing to influence public policy. Facts, statistics and data appear insufficient to change highly politicized minds... ...
Article - David Brin - Mar 11 2012 - 11:35am
- The Language Of Life
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The question as to how many meanings a word can have came up in the discussion that followed "The Intelligence Paradox". Two excited respondents found the whole thing so alarming that they volunteered the following helpful hints to improve my ap ...
Article - Steve Davis - Mar 12 2012 - 12:18am
- How To Get People On Food Stamps To Buy More Organic Food
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Food stamps are not food stamps now, they are the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits- and record numbers of Americans are receiving them. ...
Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 18 2012 - 8:42pm
- Requiem for Humanity — Artificial Intelligence, Androids/Biobots
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ...
Blog Post - Alan Hoshor - Mar 18 2012 - 11:29pm
- British Finally Ask For Lower Fuel Taxes
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The problem with usage taxes is that government really has no reason to lower the price of fuel. The more fuel costs, the more they generate in duties and therefore the more people they can hire that will vote for them to get re-elected. It isn't a ...
Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 19 2012 - 10:25am
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