About two-thirds of the surface of the Earth is covered by the oceans. And since on land mines are depleting, due to human greed, it is hardly surprising people are looking to explore the seabed for resources. This is known as deep-sea mining. Continue reading Deep sea mining
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Animal Dissection Alternatives
This is a video from the Animal in Science Policy Institute:
Rochdale School for Social Enterprise
Earlier we discussed Michael Parker’s proposal to abolish business schools and to replace them with “schools for organizing”. Though it is unlikely that business school here on Earth will go out of business anytime soon (pun intended), space settlements will provide a unique opportunity to reinvent BS. Continue reading Rochdale School for Social Enterprise
Another argument for Universal Healthcare
The following article on ScienceDaily:
Preventable deaths from lack of high-quality healthcare costs trilions
provides yet another, economic, argument in favor of universal healthcare system. The main argument of this study is that people dying from treatable conditions unnecessarily decreases a society’s labor force. And hence economic output is also diminished. Continue reading Another argument for Universal Healthcare
School time
Education is an important issue in modern society. Hence it is important for policy makers to know what measures will improve the overall effectiveness of the school system. Continue reading School time
Stem cell therapy
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are somatic cells that are reprogrammed into becoming stem cells and these can then become a wide range of cells and tissues. The ability to turn, say, skin cells into muscle or nerve cells is the foundation of the emerging field of regenerative medicine.
Diabetes reversed in mice with genetically edited stem cells derived from patients Continue reading Stem cell therapy
Eggs, eggs, eggs
Though it is Easter, this post not about decorated food hidden by Leporidae but mammalian eggs. Continue reading Eggs, eggs, eggs
The Mordan Foreign Investment Corporation
This post has been long overdue
Earlier we proposed the establishment of the Mordan Domestic Investment Fund. That fund is intended to stimulate domestic economic development. However, the Mordan Foreign Investment Corporation or MFIC, will focus on investments abroad by investing the Nation’s foreign exchange reserves*.
Animal-free leather
US start up Modern Meadow has developed a fabric they market as Zoa, an animal free leather. Unlike other “vegan leathers” such as Piñatex, this fabric is made from collagen from yeast.
Land and inequality
Though inequality of wealth is a “hot” topic, one of its root causes is usually neglected. We are talking here about the unequal distribution of land. About a year ago The Guardian published the following article:
