Amy Westervelt thinks she has it all, and that it’s left her running ragged. Here’s the thing: she doesn’t (and can’t) have it all, because we live in a universe where time, money, and human […]
In today’s “thinking out loud” piece, I talk about why so-called “hate crimes” ought to be classed as separate, more severe crimes than their non-ideologically-motivated similars. *** Not long ago, I had a brief debate […]
“The calorie is broken—and this is why,” says the subheading, in a kind of mantra that’s spreading every day on the internet. Here’s the thing: people have been told over and over that to lose […]
In which I discuss the present goings-on in Bitcoin. *** It’s a little hard to explain to people what goes on in the Bitcoin world. Maybe it’s because, as a good friend once told me […]
In which I kind-of defend the choice of The Martian for the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture: Musical or Comedy. *** It’s no secret that The Martian — Ridley Scott’s film adaptation of the brilliant and […]
As many of you know, I’m an avid proponent of non-scientists engaging with science. Sometimes that means engaging directly with scientific research and sometimes it means asking experts for help when you don’t understand. A […]
“We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born. The potential people who could have been here […]
Yesterday, US President Barack Obama gave a speech about some measures he’s taking — executive actions, the common parlance for “literally nobody will help me out with this so I’m going to try it myself […]
I just finished reading this piece over at the Washington Post, and it got me thinking about the idea of anti-technology sentiment and the way it seems to pop up here and there. So-called techno-“skepticism” […]
*** Starting yesterday, and running through to tomorrow, a group of scientists from around the world are meeting in Washington, DC to discuss the future of genome editing — more specifically, its ethics. There are […]