The phenomenon of cellular memory is based on a couple of scientific principles which have been gaining greater credence in the past two decades. In short, the heart, and other major organs capable of being transplanted easily, contains what may be considered to be a mini-replication of the brain that allows them to function after [...]
So we are now on the path to creating our own little Jurassic park. Apparently custom ordered Woolly Mammoths are just around the corner. What is equally as interesting is that DNA from dinosaurs are also starting to be found albeit in small fragments that also show promise for cloning. What this potentially does is put [...]
The last week has seen a rash of new articles by various news sources on the benefits of stem cell research. While not all countries have had an outright ban on research in this area some countries such as the United States have put in place severe restrictions which limit the amount of research that [...]
Ya gotta love people who focus on the little picture rather than the big one. And yes considering the nature of what I do on this blog that is the ultimate in hypocritical statements – Just the same :-). Jessica Hellmann proposes that maybe we should move polar bearsfrom the North Pole, where the ice cap [...]
So here I am, watching a copy of The Blue Planet: Sea of Life, and I’m on disk 3 with the program on the seasonal seas. After having gone through the first 2 DVDs I’m starting to wonder whether life is contingent on circulatory systems. Here is where I’m going with this. The earth’s tilt [...]