We have been told repeatedly over the years that IVF babies are just as healthy as those conceived naturally. Well, it looks like things are not going as well as we were led to believe. From the story: IVF children are also at an increased risk of being born prematurely and of weighing less at . . . . Continue Reading »
Joke of the day: Two fonts walk into a bar. The bartender snarls and says, “We don’t serve your type here. If you don’t leave, I’ll have to call the serif.” . . . . Continue Reading »
Joy isn’t the first word that comes to mind when most people think of cloistered nuns. For that matter, most people don’t think of cloistered nuns at all, or when they do cobwebby, claustrophobic choir stalls and deafening silence and penitential potatoes form their image of the strange . . . . Continue Reading »
This August, Kay Ryan will begin serving her one-year term as the sixteenth Poet Laureate of the United States. A friend of mine pointed me toward one of her poems, which gives a delightful twist of thought that I’d never had before. Originally in the November 2003 issue of Poetry , it is . . . . Continue Reading »
Our friend P. Michael Conn, Associate Director and Senior Scientist of the Oregon National Primate Research Center, was interviewed on the radio about his fine book The Animal Research War. (Before the interview begins, the hosts discuss the best time to eat sushi and the genetic makeup and . . . . Continue Reading »
PETA’s Ingrid Newkirk has a good dream, she later called “The Revenge of the . . . . Continue Reading »
The Volokh Conspiracy highlights a funny passage from Morse v. State on the use of big words in legal proceedings: As to the other objection — that the language is abstractly incorrect — if incorrectness from a legal standpoint is intended, the objection may be disposed of by citing . . . . Continue Reading »
The UN has an encouraging report out, and it appears that—dare we say it—people restraining their sexual impulses has had a major impact. From the story:The HIV/Aids epidemic appears to be slowing, as evidence emerges of more cautious sexual behaviour and improved treatment in some of . . . . Continue Reading »
People suffering early and moderate Alzheimer’s have great reason for hope today as a new medication appears to materially impact of the disease in Stage II human trials. From the story:Millions of Alzheimer’s sufferers have been given fresh hope after a new generation of drugs were . . . . Continue Reading »
What’s going on over at Popular Mechanics ? First, the magazine rains on the idea of using the international space station as an interplanetary vehicle (an idea I had applauded ). Then, on the unveiling of Richard Branson’s much-ballyhooed space-tourism plane, the magazine runs a . . . . Continue Reading »
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