Author: Daniela
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Are we alone?
As previously posted, new observational techniques have allowed us to discover thousands of planets outside of our solar system. In an article in the Oxford University Press, David Wilkinson, a christian theologian and astrophysicist, reveals the science behind their discovery and muses on what impact exra-terrestrial life might have on religion: First, a star should…
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New Model of Organic Farming Sprouting in Chinese Suburbs
By Wan Su: Caixin Online Farmers are contracting with customers to provide a year’s worth of produce, an approach one academic says could be viable. (Beijing) – A new model of locally organized organic farming has taken root in Beijing and Shanghai in recent years, and an academic says it could be a viable way…
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Microbes to be ‘last survivors’ on future Earth
From an article by Rebecca Morelle, Science reporter, BBC World Service: The last surviving creatures on Earth will be tiny organisms living deep underground, according to scientists. Researchers used a computer model to assess our planet’s fate billions of years from now. They found that as the Sun becomes hotter and brighter, only microbes would…
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Poetry collections yield many jewels
By: Joan Sullivan Topics : The Newfoundland Quarterly , Newfoundland and Labrador This seems a strong season for Newfoundland and Labrador poetry, with Breakwater’s anthology and Michael Crummey’s recent volume, and now come new collections from two poets who rarely put a foot or word wrong. And they don’t disappoint here. The writing from Carmelita McGrath…
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Human Genes Engineered Into Experimental GMO Rice Being Grown in Kansas
Unless the rice you buy is certified organic, or comes specifically from a farm that tests its rice crops for genetically modified (GM) traits, you could be eating rice tainted with actual human genes. The only known GMO with inbred human traits in cultivation today, a GM rice product made by biotechnology company Ventria Bioscience is currently…
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How Do Doctors Die? Ctd
Originally posted on The Dish: When hypothetically on the cusp of death, physicians overwhelmingly decide against life-prolonging intervention, with the exception of pain medication. Lisa Wade talked to USC professor and doctor Ken Murray to figure out why: First, few non-physicians actually understand how terrible undergoing these interventions can be. [Murray] discusses ventilation. When a…
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New study finds nothing impressive about GM crop yields
By Laura Rance in the Winnipeg Free Press: The debate over genetically modified crops has often generated more heat than light. Some opponents claim the stuff is hazardous to our health, which seems unlikely, given that just about anything with vegetable oil or corn in it (and that’s just about everything these days) comes from…
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Newly found clouds double the amount of potentially habitable planets orbiting red dwarfs
From Design & Trend, by Jessica Passananti: Researchers at the University of Chicago and Northwestern University studied the influence of cloud behavior on exoplanets far from our solar system. The newly found clouds double the amount of potentially habitable planets orbiting red dwarfs, the most common type of stars in the universe. In the Milky Way…
