by Don C. Reed An old poem, partly remembered: “A tree is fallen, there is a gap against the sky.” Stanford’s great champion Paul Berg has died. Others are better equipped to understand and share his scientific contribution, how his Nobel Prize-winning work with...
In one of life’s great cruelties, Kevin McCormack was taken from us; I imagine he would not like it, if we kicked up too much of a fuss. He might not wish to hear, I suppose, about tears shed on his behalf, He might prefer we lift a glass, remembering him with a...
By Don C. Reed Should Herschel Walker, a vocal enemy of science, become Georgia’s next United States Senator? As a patient advocate for several decades, I hope not. It is not a question of Walker’s politics, to which he is entitled; but the man does not appear to know...
By Don C. Reed I wish Wisconsin’s Ronald Johnson was running for Senator in California– so I could vote against him. Wisconsinites should vote Johnson out of office for many reasons: here are three. First, Senator Johnson seeks to control every aspect of a...
By Don C. Reed Dear Friend of Stem Cell Research: For one month, I will make available a short (2-3 paragraphs) daily piece summarizing one aspect of the stem cell research—my layman’s understanding of it—done by scientists connected to the California Institute for...
