Genetically altered mice discovered accidentally at the Wistar Institute in Pennsylvania have the seemingly miraculous ability to regenerate like a salamander, and even regrow vital organs.
Researchers systematically amputated digits and damaged various organs of the mice, including the heart, liver and brain, most of which grew back.
The results stunned scientists because if such regeneration is [...]
Posted on September 30th, 2005 by pwyll
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A children’s nursery has become the latest target of animal rights threats, forcing it to stop providing child care vouchers to parents working for the animal testing group Huntingdon Life Sciences.
Leapfrog Day Nurseries, part of the education business Nord Anglia, said it was reviewing whether extra security measures were needed at its Peterborough nursery, which [...]
Posted on September 29th, 2005 by pwyll
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Everywhere is freaks and hairies
Dykes and fairies, tell me where is sanity
Tax the rich, feed the poor
Till there are no rich no more
Lyrics to I’d Love to Change the World, by Ten Years After
The song goes to the heart of socialism: resentment born of envy. The chosen goal is not to make everyone rich. To [...]
Posted on September 28th, 2005 by pwyll
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Roger Penrose’s latest book, The Road to Reality, is so generous in scope that it is difficult to absorb the breadth of its offerings. The text will seem gloriously variegated to some readers but frustratingly inaccessible to others. It’s a physically huge book, but every ounce of the content was designed with great care. There [...]
Posted on September 27th, 2005 by pwyll
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The historic pattern has been that as soon as crises pass, more buildings go up and new people move in. As John Tierney, among others, pointed out last week, property owners don’t have much financial incentive to respect the risks of living in a hurricane zone. The federal government’s flood insurance stakes property owners to [...]
Posted on September 27th, 2005 by pwyll
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