Mar 19
Vatican Gardens by Hello, I Am Bruce via Flickr
For years, groups both for and against Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) have been lobbying for endorsement from the Vatican. Up until now the the Holy See has remained neutral on the subject although is has sponsored studies that seemed to have the goal of
promoting the use of GMOs to cure world hunger.
The
Catholic News Service (CNS) is now reporting what lo...
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Mar 19
Photo via Seed Magazine
Do climate scientists seem too angry? Mathew Nesbit, a professor of communications, has an
interesting piece in Slate today arguing that they do, and that it's going to have a negative impact on the public's understanding of climate science. It's a pertinent topic, as a recent editorial in the esteemed scientific journal
Nature has described the current situation climate scientists are in as a 'street fight'--with climate scientists in one corner and skeptics and a misinformation-prone media in...
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Mar 18

How do you draw the world's attention to a deadly global scourge? Call up your friends and climb a mountain (it could help if your friends are
mega-celebrities and MTV wants to make
a film about it.) This is how Kenna set out to illuminate the global clean water crisis. Calling it
Summit on the Summit, the Grammy-nominated recording artist assembled
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