The recent revelation of the South Korean stem cell scandal is not only a setback in the quest for the holy grail of medicine ““ that stem cells from human embryos can be produced to replace diseased or injured human tissue ““ but also harms the credibility of the entire area of research. Read more...

Occasionally people e-mail me to ask specific questions about their personal sex lives. While a certain number of these are bored, usually male students with nothing better to do on a Friday night than to send a drunken e-mail to their resident sex columnist, some of these questions are worth answering. Read more...

Intellectual property is now available in a generic brand. In the last couple weeks Wikipedia.org, the highly frequented, free online encyclopedia, has been running a major donation campaign to facilitate expansion. Read more...

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California Republicans, tax fighters and fiscal conservatives are still hurting from the slow-motion train wreck of a special election back in November. It wasn’t just the election outcome, the 0-4 smackdown that Gov. Read more...

Politicians everywhere have a new role model: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Please, ignore your disbelief and your urge to laugh for just a moment. Yes, during this past year his term did bear an uncanny resemblance to a disaster. Read more...

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