Scientists have bred "super mice" with some amazing amount of some chemical that allows them to breed longer and run forever basically. They eat a lot more...
http://realtime.com/realtime_news/rt_offbeat/17230154_mourning_couple_now_expecting_triplets____.html?pageid=nandu.category-top&pageregion=A4 "We feel joy for...
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=4940926&ch=4226722&src=news These UK "Ladybirds" (aka Ladybugs - a colorful flying beetle) are...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071110/ap_on_sc/human_cloning;_ylt=Ajr1_HKdBDHDRPcKto7uqqcS.MwF UN report: Human cloning ban needed Sat Nov 10, 2:52 PM ET LONDON...
Hi I'm looking for Sussex people who adopt the VHEMT philosophy to talk to for an article I am writing about population growth and the environment. I write for...
Don't ask how I came across this article. http://www.nature.com/news/2007/071120/full/news.2007.271.html Regardless, it has the following line in it... "This...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071126/sc_afp/ussciencebotanyfarmdrought Scientists tout success with drought-resistant plants: study Mon Nov 26, 5:34 PM ET ...
I am perplexed.I have been trying to find a definition for what makes a species sentient. I have been unable to find something that defines sentience that...
I read the post about global warming and I personally believe it is a naturally occuring phenomenon. William Gray of Coloradao State University agrees with me....
I think the first property of a sentient being is self-awareness; that is, the awareness that one is a being distinct from others, capable of acting and...
I am vegan! "May I live long (or suicide) and die out" Silas, 17. (photo + profile http://www.guiavegano.com.br/galeria/albuns/displayimage.php?pos=-5230 ) No...
... Parker's fragile values show clearly here. She doesn't like them labeled as "selfish", so she hurls it back as innuendo without addressing the substance...
Has anybody read Lomborg's Skeptical Environmentalist: measuring the real state of the world It claims tht man made problems are significant but acceptable,...
There's always a market for books which support what people want to believe. When someone's mind is made up, the only evidence that is allowed entry is that...
Thanks Les, for the link and your option. I had a mixed impression of the book, but appreciation for some of the data which impressed me. The fact that...
I agree that there's always a market for books which support what people want to believe. I also agree that when someone's mind is made up, the only evidence...
Another so called "smart and green" technology to disrupt the interdependence of all organisms in favor of humanity's need to control "mother nature". It's...
That's the hard part for sure, Don. We all tend to give more credence to information that supports our preconceptions, and discount that which disagrees....
Great link! I guess it's debatable whether reducing or wiping off insects from the earth is a good thing or not; many people will surely even argue or that it...
... Insects are part of the hugely complex network of relationships within the ecosystem, mostly down near the bottom, the building blocks. Humans don't have...
Yesterday marked yet another tradegy furthering my believe in the need for complete extinction of the human race. Benezir Bhutto was shot and killed. This...
Wow, lots of good issues/questions here. I've been lurking for awhile. This will be my first post. I suppose that we can envision world peace, with or without...
... since the dawn of time and will always happen as long as humans exist. World peace is without doubt an impossibility. ... Exactly my point, since Homo...
Peeps is always coming up with great ideas that have some "unforseen" consequences. Just saw "I Am Legend" it was choice. In this regard some very ernest peeps...
You say: "The only thing that will bring world peace to this planet is an Extinction Level Event and personally, I am looking forward to it." Some humans are...
... is "all good" would inflict even these few examples onto his eternal handiwork? Possible answer: God is omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent. BUT he is a...
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