Category Archives: Science

Playing God? Life Created in the Laboratory

Posted on May 30, 2007 by admin

Newsweek’s Cover story is about abiogenesis and synthesis of self-replicating organisms. I just finished reading this article online [NewsWeek at MSNBC.Com] and noticed that PZ Myers has a post on it already. Before I read his, I thought I’d post … Continue reading →

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Colony Collapse Disorder… is it the bee rapture?

Posted on May 20, 2007 by Carl Feagans

Probably not. But honeybees everywhere are disappearing. They aren’t dying in their hives. They’re leaving and not returning, absconding the hive only to leave it with a queen and a small brood. I’ve recently listened to a few podcasts that … Continue reading →

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Carl Sagan: Prophet of Scientism?

Posted on December 19, 2006 by Carl Feagans

Note: this is a repost of one of the very first posts I made on this blog. Since Theo over a Humbug Online has mentioned that the next Skeptic’s Circle (#50) is going to be a tribute to Carl Sagan, … Continue reading →

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Another Reason to Drink Coffee!

Posted on June 15, 2006 by Carl Feagans

Science NOW Daily News ran an article titled, Another Cup of Joe, Bartender, which caught my eye. Researchers from the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program in Oakland, California may have discovered that coffee can protect the liver against cirrhosis. They … Continue reading →

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Science in Action: Sonic Hedgehog and Down Syndrome

Posted on February 3, 2006 by Carl Feagans

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have made great strides in dealing restoring the the growth of nerve cells in mice that are afflicted with trisomy 21. In mouse models, the researchers (Roper et al 2006) found that a protein could restore … Continue reading →

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