Headline: Big Tongues and Extra Vertebrae: The Unintended Consequences of Animal Gene Editing: Unintended consequences have included enlarged rabbit tongues and extra pig vertebrae, as bioethicists warn of hubris Scientists around the […]
That Smarts Everybody knows that some people are smarter than others, and that some are teachable and some not. Well, some people do deny these facts, believing that if everybody started from […]
A science writer at Discover magazine has managed to escape from the clutches of evolution and lived to tell us of it. This Bridget Alex has discovered humans—not her, but humans—have evolved […]
The anonymous letter, which can be regarded as in the public domain (it’s been fully tweeted, line by line, for instance), is from a purported History Professor “of color” (she means black) […]
Previous post. I used “witches” instead of “magicians” in the title, because, to us, a magician is a card sharp, but some still know of the supernatural feats of witches. We might […]
Only a minor point about GMOs today. Here’s how the Ars Technica “On GMO safety, the fiercest opponents understand the least” opens: “Science is our most effective means of understanding the natural […]
New York Times headline: Anatomy Does Not Determine Gender, Experts Say Defining gender as a condition determined strictly by a person’s genitals is based on a notion that doctors and scientists abandoned […]
Here’s the headline: “AI can predict when someone will die with unsettling accuracy: This isn’t the first time experts have harnessed AI’s predictive power for healthcare.” Unsettling accuracy? Is accuracy unsettling? Has […]
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