Tag: embryos
Octopuses from the Sky: Scientists Propose “Aliens Seeded Life on Earth”
Host Sarah Chaffee and biologist Ann Gauger discuss panspermia, the topic of a peer-reviewed paper by several quite serious scientists.
Yikes, Lab-Grown Brains Are Getting Closer
The excitement is the prospect of better understanding and treatment of dementia, autism, and motor neuron disease (ALS).
Khan Academy Misleads with Human-Chimp Genetic Similarity Argument for Common Ancestry
The video compares humans and chimps, saying the latter’s behaviors and facial expressions are “eerily human.” I could say the same thing about my cat.
“Evidence for Evolution”? Khan Academy Pushes Haeckel’s Phony Embryo Drawings
I’ve watched many Khan Academy videos over the years — sometimes just for fun, and sometimes to advise teachers on whether they are good tools to use.
Scientists Make Human-Monkey Hybrid Embryos
They said they wouldn’t do it, but of course they did. Scientists working in China — where else? — have constructed embryos that are part human and part monkey.