Tag: new york
Are Transplant Doctors Causing Brain Death?
A new and highly problematic means of obtaining organs is pushing the boundaries of the “dead donor rule.”
Fossil Friday: Nectocaris, the Impossible Squid
Paleontology sometimes seems like a kind of imaginative Rorschach test with the flattened fauna of roadkill.
Weikart: In His Own Mind, White Supremacist Gunman Was Only Following the Science
President Biden this week said it is “running through our body politic.” If so, it’s strange that I’m not sure I’ve ever met a genuine white supremacist.
Darwin, Galton, and “Replacement Theory”
Darwinism and eugenics, going back to the 19th century, were haunted by ideas of “replacement.”
Help a Scientist Be a Hero
Our laws are made through a democratic process. These scientists are upset that democracy doesn’t empower scientists to dictate public policy.