Wesley J. Smith

Oh, how they want to believe in the apocalyptic potential of global warming! I reported a few hours ago that an Australian pseudo-scientist, who pushes stories about space aliens and auras, named Thomas Chalko, claimed that global warming has caused an increase in earthquakes. CBS bit, from an . . . . Continue Reading »

This blog does not deal with global warming or climate change. But it does deal with the corruption of science that comes from overt politicization of science papers and advocacy. And this one might just take the cake. According to one scientist, the world is experiencing an increase in destructive . . . . Continue Reading »

Hopefully this is very big. A patient was injected with billions of his own genetically altered white blood cells and it apparently put his metastasized cancer into remission. From the story:A cancer patient has made a full recovery after being injected with billions of his own immune cells in the . . . . Continue Reading »

Thanks to IPSCs, adult stem cell successes, and bounteous funding of ESCR via state and philanthropic sources, the Bush federal funding restrictions have (so far) barely registered as a campaign issue. And now, John McCain’s campaign may be signaling that, in light of the many advances that . . . . Continue Reading »

The doctors in the Winnipeg Samuel Golubchuk case are intent on showing his family and society who is boss. Two more have resigned rather than provide care. From the story:CBC News has learned that two other doctors—Bojan Paunovic and David Easton—have also said they will no longer care . . . . Continue Reading »

I have been warning and warning that a virulent anti-humanism is becoming rampant on the left side of the scale, and even within the MSM. A site on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (roughly akin to the BBC) Website—Planet Slayer—specifically, “Professor Schpinkee’s . . . . Continue Reading »

There is an old saying that may be a cliche`, but it is true nonetheless: Money talks. In ESCR and human cloning research, the silence has been deafening: Venture capitalists having done their due diligence, they have widely avoided the field knowing the difference between facts on the ground and . . . . Continue Reading »

Apparently many doctors don’t tell cancer patients when they enter the terminal stage of the disease. From the story:Only one-third of terminally ill cancer patients in a new, federally funded study said their doctors had discussed end-of-life care. Surprisingly, patients who had these talks . . . . Continue Reading »

A full one-quarter of NHS trust hospitals in the UK fail to meet minimum standards of cleanliness. From the story:The Healthcare Commission reports that no improvement has been made on a year ago. In total, 103 out of 391 trusts admitted they did not achieve the minimum requirements, brought in by . . . . Continue Reading »

So many of these adult stem cell success stories come to me now, that I am unable to post them all here at SHS. Two recent examples: A new adult stem cell therapy is successfully restoring vision to people with chemical injuries and a genetic defect that causes impaired vision. From the story:Using . . . . Continue Reading »