Tag Archives: biology

One of America's Great Student Newspapers

The Pitt News bills itself as "one of Amercia's great student newspapers". If only it were. Then again, maybe it is. *shudder* In the 11 years I've been in Pittsburgh, I've watched the quality of writing and journalistic integrity of the Pitt News wax and wane with the arrival and graduation of classes. When it's good, […]

False Doctrines: Sola Lexio Torta Mea Scripturae

Rob of UnSpace asks: There's a popular doctrine in the churches today, although it is rejected by the leadership of most churches. This doctrine is based on falsehoods, causes non-Christians to reject Christianity, Christians to lose their faith, and causes its followers to lie? Judging by the fruits of this doctrine, would you say this is […]

Plan B: Literature Review (Part II)

Thisentryis part 10 of 7 in the series Plan BThe first post in this series can be found here. Last time I looked at a couple literature reviews about the methods of action of Plan B emergency contraception (levonorgestrel, LNG). This time I'm presenting On the the mechanisms of action of short-term levonorgestrel administration in emergency […]

Paging Mustapha Mond

Increasingly, Couples Use Embryo Screening   "More and more couples are turning to an embryo-screening technique that allows them to choose the genetic makeup of their children, according to a survey released yesterday in the online edition of the journal Fertility and Sterility." "Son, we love you, especially since you turned out just […]

Feed Me, Bitterman!

I now have a venus flytrap. I love these things. Imagine: a plant so hateful that it felt the need to evolve a way to trap and kill animals. What stories would it tell us if it could speak? What blasphemous litany would it write? This plant refused to allow its vegetative nature to […]