“Should prospective parents seek information about gene variants that increase the risk their children will develop diseases as adults? Should physicians provide that information?” So asks Ronald Bailey, only just this side […]
This came up yesterday (again, as it does often), so I figure one more stab is in order. Because the answer isn’t simple, I had to write a lot, which means it […]
Academic philosopher S Matthew Liao (NYU) and pals are coming to get you. They want to monkey with your genes, kill your unwanted, inject growth-stunting hormones into your womb, poison your food, […]
Bob Kurland is a “retired, cranky, old physicist.” This article originally ran in modified form at Reflections of a Catholic Scientist. “Prayer is the raising of one’s mind and heart to God”—St. […]
Answer me honestly. How rational is it to believe any of the following: Science can explain everything, even itself; The reason anything exists is because of the laws of gravity, quantum fields, […]
On the road, so here is a classic post from not too long ago. The appalling Julian Savulescu1 is back, this time staining the pages of the British edition of Reader’s Digest2 […]
I want you to tell me exactly why Amy Wolfe, a 33-year-old “US church organist”, can’t marry her favorite roller coaster. You heard me. Roller coaster—an “80ft gondola ride.” Exactly, now. No […]
Inbox I’m several hundred emails behind. This weekend, always the slowest of the year, allowed me to catch up some. I appreciate very much all the missives and apologize if everybody doesn’t […]
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