Get The Word Out - March 10th, 2009

Designer Babies: A Right to Choose?
Great entry at Wired Science, currently one of the best science blogs out there. I have very definite opinions on this issue, especially the part about selecting for deafness, but it’s good to see contributions from both sides.

Our science fictions
“But for some reason, only conservatives get blamed for hating science. Which is weird, because conservatives are, by definition, the ones who are supposed to hate strange new things. They hate foreigners, video games, rap and — from what I could gather from Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s speech Tuesday — talking to adults.

“But since I moved to L.A., I’ve discovered that liberals hate science just as much as conservatives, and they talk about it a lot more…”

Deadly UCLA lab fire leaves haunting questions
Probably best you don’t read this story. Deeply dispiriting.

autoposted from stuartwest.com