Archive for July, 2006

Posted on July 18, 2006 - by Aaron Ross Powell

Stem Cells, Rationality, and Unicorns

The stem cell debate is raging in the Senate, Bush is threatening to veto, and the future of rationality is dangerously close to the chopping block. Once again, America is allowing unjustified superstition to impede potentially stunning scientific progress.

On the one hand, there’s a scientific community convinced embryonic stem cells hold the key to [...]