With the recent furor over biotechnology sub-sectors as stem cell research or cloning, one of the more feasible and easily accepted technologies are being forgotten - along with its dire implications. Designer babies, or the ability to specifically choose certain genetic traits of an unborn child, has the potential to cause more problems for ( Read more... )

While most people think only of New Orleans, the rest of the Gulf Coast should not be forgotten. Hurricane Katrina left many dead across seven states (over 200 in Mississippi alone on top of the 1,067 confirmed in Louisiana) and property damage as far north as Kentucky. Its economic damage is even worse, torturing those who survived the hurricane ( Read more... )