Friends of the Earth

Friends of the Earth, an environmental group, denounced the synthetic genome as “dangerous new technology,” saying that “Mr. Venter should stop all further research until sufficient regulations are in place.”

- NY Times (link here)

These people have been reading the same science fiction novels that I have.

On the Possibility of Artificial Life

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/opinion/30sun3.html?th&emc=th

And maybe the creation of a slate wiper.

We Brake for Frogs

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/27/1650743/horde-of-frogs-keeps-greek-highway.html

They have hordes of frogs and I do not have any.

How is that fair?

On the Decline of Bighorn Sheep

http://www.denverpost.com/frontpage/ci_15148614?source=rss

Once again, everything humans do, or do not do, favors some species over others.

Cougar attack

http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/94219264.html

I am 100% opposed to killing a cougar just because it attacked one heifer.

The Return of the Son of the Burgess Shale, Part II

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/science/18fossil.html?th&emc=th

Once again, we see that there is a difference between the absence of evidence and the evidence of absence.

Foxes are dangerous

http://www.ajc.com/news/fayette/fox-attacks-3-men-529516.html

Police officer kills fox in self-defense.

NYC Hawks

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/opinion/02sun4.html?th&emc=th

Red-tailed hawks in New York City.