I like Bill Nye, but it has bothered me for some time that he was anti-GMO. Nye has been a tireless defender of science when it comes to things like climate change and evolution. So it bothered me that he chose to cherry pick the science when it came to genetics. About 95 percent of…
Radical Life Extension: Can We Live Forever Through Science
Human immortality has been one of mankind’s favorite topics seemingly forever. Most religions are, in some way, based on the promise of eternal life. Writers have speculated about it from the Epic of Gilgamesh to Dracula to Harry Potter’s Philosophers stone and scientists have looked for the key since days when the Earth was flat…
Why Do So Many Science Fiction Writers Fear Science?
Charlie Jane Anders at io9 asked an interesting question this week: “Why does science fiction portray extended human lifespans negatively?”. It is an interesting question in and of itself, but it almost immediately raised other questions for me. Specifically, how do science fiction writers treat other advances that may soon be within our grasp. Surprisingly,…
Soon You’ll Be Able to do Genetic Engineering at Home!
A new Kickstarter project says that it’s high time for your to do some genetic engineering of your own. This basic kit just does one thing. It allows even a beginner to grow a plant that combines a mustard flower with jellyfish DNA. But, according to io9 this is just the very beginning: “What’s amazing is all…
Soon You’ll Be Able to do Genetic Engineering at Home!
A new Kickstarter project says that it’s high time for your to do some genetic engineering of your own. This basic kit just does one thing. It allows even a beginner to grow a plant that combines a mustard flower with jellyfish DNA. But, according to io9 this is just the very beginning: “What’s amazing is all…