Preservation of our planet’s vanishing languages is a fascinating thing. If you are bilingual you may understand how different the world can seem just by experiencing it in a different language. The same word can have a vastly different meaning –> consider of course the common example of the multiple words the Inuit people have for snow or my … Continue reading
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ADVENTURE TIME!
Anyone who has been hanging with me over the last few years knows I love the television show Adventure Time. Often when I tell people, they are like: “Oh, that cartoon…the KIDS show?” I try and explain that it is much more than a KIDS show but a brilliant romp with fantastic art direction … Continue reading
MY favorite pair of “genes”
Today the supreme court made a ruling that bans the patenting of naturally occurring genes, however if DNA has been edited or artificially created –> patent away. The bigest take away I’ve been reading about as a result of Justice Thomas and his peer’s decision is the overturning of the patents held by Utah based … Continue reading