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What Bush Got Wrong on Stem Cells
Everything. W’s August of 2001 speech on the evils of embryonic stem cells was an early classic of his presidency, one of the first indications of his deciderish, rather than uniter-not-a-divider,...
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McCain’s Record on Financial Regulation
If you aren’t concerned about the massive bailout of Freddy Mac and Fannie Mae by the US taxpayers, you should be. For those of you keeping track, we’re not really bailing out US homeowners; we’re...
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The Complement Cooperative
Well, that was a lot of money chasing nothing. It’s not as if we’re lacking in problems needing solutions–climate change, energy scarcity, almost every meaningful commodity priced at historical highs....
View ArticleGeneral Motor’s Interesting New Tech
General Motors is nearing death–a breathtaking fall in a dizzily short amount of time. And here’s what might be most shocking–despite being saddled with the costs and responsibilities of being the...
View ArticleMark Roth, Spontaneous Combustion and Hibernation
In this month’s Esquire meet Mark Roth—certified genius, a fellow Seattleite and one of the more innovative scientists on the planet. Back when I was a fresh and new graduate student, I took a course...
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The Carbon Impact of Reading On Paper or Online
For my most recent Dear Science column, a reader asked: Dear Science, Is reading The Stranger online actually any greener than reading the printed-in-Yakima hard copy? Doesn’t it take a shitload of...
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The Ethics of Embryonic Stem Cell Research
What happens when a part of our body gets injured–or just wears out? The ideal response would be to replace the tissue and cells lost with new, full-functional replacements–regeneration. For the parts...
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Making the Hard Choices for Energy
A landmark Energy Department project to bury carbon dioxide produced by humans has begun as workers sunk a huge drill bit into Illinois ground this week, signaling continued support for a climate...
View ArticleThe Apollo Guidance Computer
Let’s say you’re a NASA engineer in the 1960s, wearing your snazzy black plastic glasses, thinking of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth. You start thinking navigation....
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Ebola Thrives on Poverty and Disparity
With the first confirmed case of Ebola in the United States, I suspect at least a few of you are freaking out. Ebola–like many viruses, including the recently popular enterovirus 68–is spread by...
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