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Monthly Archives: March 2009

Stemming Research

So, no more federal ban on stem cell research, thank you Obama.
Now we have to deal with the aptly-named Dickey amendment. That prevents us from financing attempts at curing diseases such as Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis, and all sorts of other debilitating diseases.
The bunch of cells in question can be found on the right. They look [...]

Darjeeling Unlimited

Darjeeling tea: the champagne of teas. A carefully bred hybrid of black teas, Darjeeling tea hails (sensibly) from the Darjeeling region of India, and is recognized as one of the finest varieties of tea in the world.
I’m currently sipping on a cup of piping hot tea, from the first flush (the first harvest of the [...]