- The Science + Society Series Highlights: Drew Endy
Watch Endy talk about the need for building blocks in biological engineering. (via Zimmer) - Bad scientific arguments in the service of "animal rights" activism
The ethics can be debated, but animal models have unquestionably helped science. - Infants as young as six months respond to words differently from other sounds
Six months is the beginning of babbling time, so maybe that's expected. But still, very cool. - Bloggingheads.tv: John Horgan & Sean Carroll
The writer and the cosmologist chat about whether we should believe today's physical theories. - Unscientific
The 'busters rule.
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