Tag Archives: Science

Devon G. Peña : The Commodity Form Goes Molecular

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Cyborg. Artist unknown. Image (and inset images below) from Environmental and Food Justice.Capitalism and synthetic biology:The commodity form goes molecular By Devon G. Peña | The Rag Blog | August 22, 2012 “We’re moving from reading the genetic code to … Continue reading →

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IDEAS / Bill Meacham : Ways of Knowing

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Cartoon by Piraro. Image from Sandwalk.Ways of Knowing The whole thing is about life perpetuating itself, about what we will do, how we will act, in different situations. By Bill Meacham | The Rag Blog | June 27, 2012 Each … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Bill Meacham : Sam Harris’ ‘The Moral Landscape’

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

The Moral Landscape:Science and human values Harris is on to something very important here: that careful observation of what actually works has a great deal to tell us about what is good and valuable. By Bill Meacham | The Rag … Continue reading →

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IDEAS / Bill Meacham : How Evolution Works

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Charles Darwin: Blame it all on him. Image from Wikimedia Commons. Evolution Regardless of your opinion on the ultimate purpose of it all, it is important to understand how evolution works because the theory reflects reality, and basing your actions … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : Darwin Day and Change We Can Believe In

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from National Center for Science Education.A solution to the post-Super Bowl blahs:Darwin Day 2012 By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | February 6, 2012 If you are having withdrawal from all the excitement of the Super Bowl, … Continue reading →

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IDEAS / Bill Meacham : Is Science a Religion?

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Images from Wikimedia Commons (top), NASA, via Science Meets Religion.Is Science a Religion? ‘Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Christine Shearer : How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Merchants of Doubt:How a handful of scientistsobscured the truth Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway uncover the history of a small group of Cold War scientists and advisers who battled anything, including scientific research, that might threaten their vision of American … Continue reading →

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SCIENCE / AFP : Brain Structure Differs in Liberals, Conservatives

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Illustration by Yakobchuk Vasyl / The Independent.It’s all in your head! New study shows liberals have more gray matter in a part of the brain related to understanding complexity, while the conservative brain is bigger in the section linked to … Continue reading →

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Marc Estrin : The Far-Reaching Effects of Child Abuse

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from PsychCentral.Child abuse:Here, there, and likely everywhere By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / August 15, 2010 There have been several large studies on the effects of occupation — bombing, physical injury, house demolitions, tear gassing, house searches, … Continue reading →

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Climate Change : Ten Times Faster than Predicted

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Greenpeace / UK.Climate change:Worse than the worst case scenarioBy Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog / June 16, 2010 It takes 196,000 pounds of plants to produce a gallon of gasoline. It takes 40 acres of plants, roots, … Continue reading →

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Neuroscientist David Eagleman: Portrait of a ‘Possibilian’

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

David Eagleman. Image from Researchers and Theories / comcast.net.Baylor’s David Eagleman:The Carl Sagan of neuroscience …in the space between the materialist and mystic, anything’s possible. By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / June 14, 2010 [An edited version of … Continue reading →

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Marc Estrin : Happy Birthday, Albert Einstein

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Albert Einstein and Marie Curie.HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ALBERT (Albert Einstein was born on March 14th, 1879.) Blanchot : “La réponse est le malheur de la question.” (The answer is the misfortune of the question.) ALBERT EINSTEIN SAID Sometimes I ask myself … Continue reading →

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