Comments on: Science Tuesday: Baby Morality and Worm Longevity

By: arizaphale

arizaphale — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:12:22 +0000

“Who wants to live forever?” (Queen)
and

This suggests that an ability to make personal choices based on others’ actions is established early in infant development but that the capacity to make judgements on others’ actions takes a little more time.

Well “der”!!! Ever tried farting around a baby??? No judgements there

By: Vol Abroad

Vol Abroad — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:10:43 +0000

I would love for my nematodes to live longer. The darn things are expensive. (I use them a biological control for slugs).

By: CDV

CDV — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:23:16 +0000

Hey J,

It’s your university! Seriously, I’ve been working on something but don’t know if I’m going to get it done. The science itself is pretty straightforward – cool, but pretty straightforward. I think the bigger issues is sort of the political ramifications and that’s what I’ve been trying to sort out in a post. You’ve inspired me to try and finish it.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:53:10 +0000

What happened to your analysis of the stem cell/iPS cell story that came out of Wisconsin (and Japan) last week?
Your dodging of that subject might mean I’ll have to post something of my own.

By: CDV

CDV — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:36:22 +0000

Two of the ten months old did. Do you reckon Zach would choose the hinderer?

By: Sinead

Sinead — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:33:19 +0000

I would like to know what it says about your baby if they chose the hinderer?