Tag: University of Rochester
Washington Post Boosts Elderly “Rational Suicide”
The story ends with the phone number of a suicide prevention hotline. That’s just a sop after potentially putting lethal ideas into readers’ heads.
Human Designers Struggle to Match Biological Designs
Mother-of-pearl, or nacre, is not only a beautiful substance for jewelry and ceramics; it is a remarkable material.
“Optimism” and a Lonely Planet
Adam Frank (University of Rochester) interviewed fellow astrophysicist Avi Loeb (Harvard) about the future possibility of detecting “techno-signatures” from space.
Astrophysicist Adam Frank: Materialism’s Fatal Flaw Is…Matter
Materialists make a common assumption: that they know what matter is.