Gaia Re Gaia
Proto-warmalist James Lovelock originator of the “Gaia” theory of self-regulating planet spoiled by evil humans is interviewed by a chick named “Gaia.” Gaia the resource user wants to know what can be done to save both Gaias the planet one and herself the rather hot in an earthy kind ...

Stem Cell–Derived Therapy Approved for Clinical Trial
Back in 1990 the first human somatic gene therapy trial began (see this). The subjects of the earliest gene therapy experiments were children who suffered from a rare genetic disease called adenosine deaminase deficiency (ADA) a form of SCID (also known as the " bubble boy" disease-- see here). ...


Kevin Trudeau ordered to pay more than $37 million for false...
Kevin Trudeau ordered to pay more than $37 million for false claims about weight-loss book (via BadAstronomy)Basically this joker was telling people  to ignore their doctors advice and eat coral instead. And of course there is no science to back up any of his claims.I  now wait  for the cons ...

Army worms on the march
I think I may have blogged before about the ProMED-mail “global electronic reporting system for outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases & toxins.” You can get email alerts and also produce maps for plant diseases such as this one:Unfortunately the system only covers infectious diseases. I ...