another link from Wired this morning: pro bono group’s challenge to patent on naturally-occurring genetic material allowed to proceed:
U.S. District Judge Robert W. Sweet of New York, in ruling that the case may proceed to trial, noted that the litigation might open the door to challenges of a host of other patented genes. About [...]
Archive for the ‘science’ Category
good news for health science
Posted in constitution, economics, ethics, fair use, free speech, medicine, patents, property, science on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Now for something completely different
Posted in advertising, internet, science, tagged chia pet, Obama on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
BBgadgets points out this lovely Obama chia pet.
Progress
Posted in dissent, education, science, tagged evolution, flat-earth, Galileo, luddite on February 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I bet 50 years after Galileo, 40% of Europe still believed that the sun orbited the earth. Funny the church was on the wrong side of that one too. At least some of the kids are willing to think it through for themselves:
nearly two-thirds (63%)of Gen Nexters believe humans and other living things evolved over [...]
About Damn Time
Posted in dissent, economics, education, free speech, internet, media, politics, science, tagged religion, Science Debate 2008 on February 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This might just be the biggest understatment of the campaign season:
There’s also a palatable hunger in the scientific community for a government that bases its policies on science, after years of decisions from the Bush Administration
Ya think?
Perhaps this is one facet of the only positive social influence to emerge from the disastrous injury that Republican [...]
Exactly
Posted in dissent, ethics, free speech, hypocrisy, politics, science, tagged faith, Huckabee, religion on February 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Go read Tristero. At its very core, faith has power because it is a choice. If you’ve never questioned what you were told to believe, that’s not really faith- it’s just obedience. If you believe in something because you were forced to believe it, that’s not really faith either- it’s just submission. If you have [...]
Warren Buffet Buys Half Of Pritzker Empire
Posted in M&A, contracts, economics, education, ethics, medicine, science on December 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I am half-ashamed to admit that I knew almost nothing about the Pritzker family before today, but it is somewhat instructive to compare this article from Wednesday, Dec 26 2007:
“This transaction is the culmination of a process that began six years ago,” said Tom Pritzker in a statement. “We brought John Nichols in as CEO [...]
