Richard Dawkins and Rupert Sheldrake in one blog post, brought together by PZ Myers. Now whatever you may think of their respective grasps on truth (and I know where I stand) one thing about both people is their very fine ability to communicate to their respective audiences. Sheldrakians definite...
I’ve been meaning to say something about this for a while, but there’s frustratingly little to say.
The women of the Nabweru III 2030(c) Group, to whom I loaned some money via Kiva, have made their second repayment, on schedule.
But that’s all I can say. Presumably they’re too busy running their...
After three days of almost incessant rain, I got up one morning to find that one of my cacti had gone berserk.
And just as suddenly, a couple of days later, all those flowers were limp and dessicated. That set me to wondering about the synchrony of flowering in cacti. Many are pollinated by bird...
Another great sciencish headline:
No, but it’ll probably speed the evolution of resistance.
Strategy: one, engineer HIV antibodies into maize; two, feed maize to people; three, halt transmission of HIV. Which is where the reasoning stops. Step four, I would sugges...
The whole question of framing science has passed me by, mostly because I have had nothing to add. But this headline brought me up short.
Researchers Identify Genetic “Fix” for Problem in Some Sweet Corn Hybrids.
A news story from the Agricultural Research Service of the US Department of...
