Category: Science and Space
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At the forefront of headlines in biomedical research these days, are the advancements in medical diagnoses and meta-analysis of large groups of people based on their genetic profile, or genome. Much ground has been gained in the research of genetic…
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I’m grumpy. This may come as no real surprise, especially to those who know me, but, today at least, there’s a specific reason for my mood. Mainstream Media (MSM). It’s an institution in the modern world; an entity unto itself,…
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Ecologists, and their historic counterparts, naturalists, study the world. They study everything in it, from animals and plants, to climate, to weather, to oceanography, and even tectonics and volcanism. Generally speaking though, their main focus in on animals and their…
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People collect some weird things. I collect books, and tobacco pipes and old bottles. I know a guy who collects guitars, and my late Mother collected bells. I’d think, usually, the things people collect say something about who they are,…
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With everything that’s going on in the world today, it’s become exceedingly difficult to really grasp the truth behind many issues. Take, for example, the ongoing and apparently dangerous issues happening in Ukraine right now. The country has essentially been…
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A big part of our culture, the global culture that is, lies in the process of aging, of growing old. It’s difficult to edify, just how much of our lives are dedicated to understanding, worrying about, coping with and trying…
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Can we measure the probability that life in the cosmos develops only so far before fizzling out? Is there a way to quantify the evolutionary potential of biological life and its reach throughout the universe? Theoretical supposition can be fun. …
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When you think of the renowned, yet often overlooked, genius of early computing, Alan Turing, I’m betting you imagine code breaking machines, complex mathematical formulas and maybe Artificial Intelligence. Few of you, I think, would immediately think of biology. Even…
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If you believe Hollywood, or its contemporary bodies around the world, radiation poisoning holds the potential to create anything from giant city-destroying lizards to a new race of humans, replete with exotic mutations making them capable of miraculous feats in…
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“I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant: I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who…
