Today the US House of Representatives passed another stem cell bill by a vote of 253 to 174. The bill would authorize federal support for research using stem cells derived from excess embryos that fertility clinics would otherwise discard. President Bush vetoed the...
In the past year the Governor of California has challenged the "environmentally challenged" to listen to scientific research on important issues about the environment, health, biological research, and respect for work. In a Washington Post article, many of these ideas...
There was very interesting article in the NY Times online newspaper today entitled Long-Term Global Forecast? Fewer Continents. The article discussed plate tectonics, and the work being done by some geologist in using data to make predictions about the where the...
Huh? I was listening to a local radio show today, when I heard the show's host claim that rangers at the Grand Canyon National Park can not tell visitors the age of the Grand Canyon because it might offend creationists. And in the Canyon bookstore is a book for sale...
Huh? I was listening to a local radio show today, when I heard the show's host claim that rangers at the Grand Canyon National Park can not tell visitors the age of the Grand Canyon because it might offend creationists. And in the Canyon bookstore is a book for sale...
I thought I would start the new year on the subject of global warming or global heating, as some have called it. How should the topic of global warming be approached in a middle or high school class? That's what I'd like to talk about. In 2006, there were a number of...
