A Peculiar Blog

There’s a story at the University of Texas that I think needs to get all the attention possible. Scientists there have created a new cyanobacteria (also known as blue-green algae), by adding cellulose making genes from another cellulose making bacterium. The resulting critter is apparently very good at taking in sunlight for an [...]

Once again “Global Warming” raises it’s ugly, fictional head. This time however, it’s in an article on newsmax that does a good job of poking all kinds of holes in the whole global warming mess.
What it’s saying, in a nutshell, is that global warming is totally bogus. I think that the real reason [...]

I love it when I find headlines like this:
STEM CELL BREAKTHROUGH AVOIDS EMBRYO USE
U.S. and Japanese research teams have both, independently, reported success in making
skin cells take on characteristics of stem cells. The technique avoids the swarm of
ethical, political and practical obstacles involved with cloning embryos.

… because it proves what a lot of us have [...]

You know how the tv series “Law and Order” often uses “Ripped from the Headlines” to describe an upcoming episode that addresses issues from a real life case? Well this is a reverse case. On the tv Series “Boston Legal” not long ago, the character Alan Shore (played by James Spader) raised a [...]