Despite my best intentions, I overindulged a bit over this holiday weekend. My first experience with Tofurkey was a positive one — so much so that my eyes were bigger than my stomach. I have a feeling I’m not alone in my overindulgence. If so, here are a few suggestions for the Monday after holiday […]

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Despite my best intentions, I overindulged a bit over this holiday weekend. My first experience with Tofurkey was a positive one — so much so that my eyes were bigger than my stomach. I have a feeling I’m not alone in my overindulgence. If so, here are a few suggestions for the Monday after holiday […]

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So Our Benevolent Seed Overlords have invited me to discuss a variety of biotech topics, and this week it’s stem cells. Since I’m not a stem cell researcher, I’ll pass on the questions about feasibility of other stem cell lines–all I will do is agree with the majority of experts who argue that, currently, the […]

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The economy is bad and everyone expects retail sales to be substantially off. But parents will scrimp on presents for each other to make sure their kids get presents they want. Whether we approve or not, we do it for our kids. I assume it’s hardwired into our brains somehow. But in the waning hours […]

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A somewhat late Friday Weird Science, but I want to point out that Sci was not up at 4am shopping with all the crazies. I don’t DO that sort of thing. Online is so much better.
So here I was, rolling myself around the house after a particularly delicious Thanksgiving dinner, and contemplating what offering […]

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You know what my answer to this question would be. But what about puppet Steve Colbert’s answer? He disagrees. Or does he:

“Now sure, she’s not the kind of expert who relies on facts and figures….She knows what she feels is true. She’s that kind of expert.”
Heh.
Oh, damn. PZ beat me to this. Damn it, making […]

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Our activists have delivered a huge pile of coal to the doorstep of a hotel in Warsaw where coal companies and heavy industry together with at least 20 industry ministers are meeting just days ahead of the UN climate negotiations in Poland. The Polish government appears to be gathering forces to protect coal users and […]

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Reducing carbon emissions 75% by 2050 is like agreeing to stop smoking by the time your lung cancer becomes inoperable…

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ZipCar is about helping people wean themselves from car ownership. In the U.S.A. we have become car dependent and it’s difficult to live in our cities without owning a car. Strike that, it’s difficult to live here without having to occasionally drive a car to something or other. In many places it […]

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Grey water is perfectly reusable in certain ways. There are known standards and known practices that allow the use of grey water in a way that is safe. By using grey water you lessen water use, and extend the water supply so that more people can drink. Nature reuses water endlessly but […]

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