“On one side of the argument, you have people who want to walk, talk, and lead fulfilling, normal lives in which they’re not constantly worried about suffering from hypothermia because their bodies are unable to receive simple messages from their brains,” said Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA), a leading opponent of government-funded stem-cell research. ”And on the other side, there’s the argument that suggests we should let people suffer and die even though we have the science to prevent that from happening.”
“So, you see,” Gingrey added, ”it’s complicated.”
Via The Onion
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Amazing Archive of High-Res Photos from NASA’s Gemini Missions
There’s something about old photographs. The perfect combination of faded light, outdated coloring, and nostalgia seems to make them more beautiful with age.
Perhaps that’s why this collection of images from NASA’s Gemini Program is so great. The Project Gemini Online Digital Archive, released this weekend by NASA and Arizona State University, features high-resolution digital scans from the original Gemini flight films.
As NASA’s second human spaceflight program, which had 10 manned flights between 1965 and 1966, Gemini saw such milestones as the first American spacewalk, first week-long spaceflight, and the first docking maneuver with another vehicle in space. The success of these objectives paved the way for the Apollo program, which immediately followed Gemini and landed the first men on the moon.
Follow the source for more gorgeous imagery highlighting the Gemini missions and the serene perspectives caught through it.
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It’s the long way of describing our love for seeing likenesses in the shapes of clouds. If you are bitten by this bug and find yourself with a solar telescope, watch out. The fantastic plumes of hydrogen plasma we call solar prominences seen at the edge of sun will tempt you to identify them in earthly forms. I once set out to classify a bunch and this was the result. A Yeti, a bonsai, Don Quixote, the angel that fell to earth… there’s even one that looks like me or did, when I wore a goatee. Click on the picture to see the big version from my website. Each image there is a hot link to a little bit of averted imagination. Enjoy!
Please take a second to look at this. It;s a pretty big issue that may end up directly afecting you if you ever get cancer, or any other disease really.
Scientific reseach saves lives and leads to an increase in living quality.
It returns $5 for every $1 invested.
Australia punches pretty far above its weight in this field, but cabinet leaks have revealed that the government is planning to slash spending on it.
So yeah, have a look if you have the time/inclination/uni work that you’re procrastinating.
