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Baby Food … not what you’d think

Gregory Rushton — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 18:29:01 +0000

I liked this CNN article on feeding young children. It’s good to see that some of the things we did … i.e. giving our children pizza, for instance … wasn’t such a bad thing. If we do have another child, I’ll be sure to recall this advice.

Designer Babies

Gregory Rushton — Sat, 11 Sep 2004 01:12:32 +0000

Very interesting article in the Scotsman this week: Scotsman.com – Couple win right to ‘designer baby’ in order to treat son

What a heart-wrenching situation. They want to have a child using an embryo that will be screened to ensure that the baby’s blood will be compatible with their two-year-old. He has a terminal blood disease and needs blood from the new baby’s umbilical cord. This should trigger the boy’s own system to start producing the needed cells.

I can’t imagine being in that situation. I’m very open to having another child, but would I take these kinds of steps if one of my other two boys had such a disease? I’m not so sure I wouldn’t make the same choice to save the life of Peter or Lex. But the implications behind the concept are scary.

artifical muscles

Gregory Rushton — Fri, 15 Feb 2002 16:42:00 +0000

synecdoche new york download Artificial Muscles Gain Strength ‘The material created from these molecules looks nothing like human muscle. The thin, black ribbon feels almost like electrical tape. But, “these materials are 100 times stronger than mammalian muscle,” Madden claims, with guarded enthusiasm. Guarded, because these results haven’t yet been published.’