We've all seen movies and even cartoons featuring half or fully crazed scientists putting the world in danger all for some strangely nonsensical evil plan. What I want to know is: were did this archetype come from? It's easy to…
Category: Science & Society
Expelled Exposed
The National Center for Science Education (NCSE) has created a site that responds to the recently released movie "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed", called "Expelled Exposed". I'm not sure what is on the site, as it is currently down (digg effect),…
The new organic
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison report that "organic forage crops yielded as much or more dry matter as their conventional counterparts with quality sufficient to produce as much milk as the conventional systems; and organic grain crops: corn, soybean,…
Out of the ether
Twitter has a feature that allows you to watch certain keywords. I like to keep my finger on the pulse of the GMO debate, so I follow "GMO". This one made me laugh out loud: heard best excuse ever for…
Musings on Darwin
Throughout history, a lucky few people have been in the right place, at the right time, with enough intelligence to connect the dots in the world around them. Darwin was one of these people. In Darwin's time, some naturalists were…
Finding the Truth
The “evidence” against genetic engineering is typically not evidence at all. It is usually hearsay that isn’t backed up by science, a misplacing of blame, or a misunderstanding about farming, biotechnology, or biology in general. This isn’t necessarily the fault…