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Do hormones drive women’s votes? Should women vote? Are women people? What will CNN ask next?
The November 2012 election is quickly approaching. Women make up 51% of the population, and as I explained in my previous post, women play an important role in both the undecided and swing vote. So naturally, of course, CNN wonders… What does science say about the fundamental biological integrity of a woman’s ability to vote? …
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To whom it may concern: Shinya Yamanaka is not your personal moral crusader
“The facts speak for themselves,” is a favorite maxim. Sometimes they do. But when they don’t? This liminal state between unequivocal truth and falsehood is where politics finds itself a comfortable home. The time following the announcement of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine presents a special opportunity for the public communication of …
Posted in 2012 nobel prize, discourse analysis, Media, philosophy, philosophy of medicine, Politics, public communication of science, shinya yamanaka, stem cell research
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Science: lies straight from the pit of hell
Posted in 2012 nobel prize, developmental biology, hESC, iPS, john gurdon, reflections, reprogramming, shinya yamanaka, SNCT, stem cell research
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Susan G. Komen’s Fall from Grace
On January 31st, 2012, Susan G. Komen for the Cure stripped Planned Parenthood of a $680,000 grant to provide breast screening services and mammogram referrals to low-income women. This abrupt move ended a 5-year partnership between America’s darling breast cancer charity and the nation’s leading service provider for women’s healthcare. In the span of just […]
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A prelude
My love affair with blogging began when I was 4 years old. An unlikely claim, sure. Obviously, the internet did not exist back then, nor could I read or write. Perhaps more accurately, the blogger’s spirit was born out of activities directly traceable to my preschool self. Wielding my red crayon in hand, a never-ending […]
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