On Freedom, Liberty, and Being an Old Racist
Wednesday’s horrific shooting at the the US Holocaust Memorial Museum casts some light on a stark reality of our world: there are still people out there…
Read articleDemocracy in Iran
Reading through the various news outlets covering this week’s Iranian election, one gets the sense that elections in Iran are not so different from the ones…
Read articlePolitics, Modernity and Twitter
When trying to decide on what to write about in my first Terry entry, I knew I wanted to cover an event that represented, in some…
Read articleWhat country are you from?
Saturday afternoon. After a class downtown, I am rushing to meet my family at the cinema to catch the new Pixar film “Up”. With several bus…
Read articleHistory, history!
“History, history! We fools, what do we know or care?” -William Carlos Williams When I was in junior high, social studies was second only to…
Read articleGenetic Discrimination: Why You Should Care
In my humble opinion one of the most overlooked social and scientific changes in the past two years has been the rapid advent of DNA sequencing.…
Read articleHow I haven’t learned to stop worrying and love the scientific method.
Did I write that? No, I couldn’t have – but what if I did? What if I forgot to? What if I should have? Oh fuck,…
Read articlePremature Death
Ever notice how some phrases that have always seemed innocuous suddenly get really offensive when you stop to think about what they actually mean? (Look up…
Read articleDNA fingerprinting or (altogether now) the Polymerase Chain Reaction! (ASIC200 stuff)
(This material will not be on final exam – lab commentary info can be found here) The polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, is a powerful genetic…
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The Iranian Election? (An Update)
By Nick Zarzycki,
I might have spoken too soon yesterday when I said that Iran was having an ‘election’. Despite a record 85% turnout on Friday, the situation in…
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