Myriad Genetics has rightly lost the lawsuit by plaintiffs trying to undo their right to patent genes. But given the makeup of our courts after eight years of President Bush, is their any hope for defending ourselves against the current pro-corporation onslaught?
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
Tags: cancer, genetics, politics
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Those evil liars who wrote the Climate Change report are caught out again!
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
Tags: politics, statistics
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Would the passage of the U.S. health reform bill without the Stupak Amendment affect the abortion rate? The available data is analyzed in order to make a prediction.
Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Tags: gender, politics, statistics
Posted in bias, gender, health, politics, statistics | 3 Comments »
Bioblog posts are featured at the following recent carnivals: Carnival of Educators The Bobo Carnival of Politics Carnival of Opinions Scientia Pro Publica 23 Click on the links to find out what these are all about. Sphere: Related Content
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
Tags: ecology, education, politics
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We need to keep making an effort to interact with people not like us, because if we do not, our social brains easily fall into the trap of demonizing them. School integration is still an obvious way to do this.
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Tags: brain, politics, sociality
Posted in brain, education, humans, politics, sociality | 7 Comments »