"Doctors Baffled, Intrigued by Girl Who Doesn't Age
Years Pass, but Brooke Greenberg Remains a Toddler. No One Can Explain How or Why."

http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=7880954

http://xkcd.com/419/

I posted a couple entries on genetics and race a few weeks back. I just came across a cautionary note ( Read more... )

"A torrent of government investment has improved the buraku* so they are no longer slums. Yet average income for buraku families is still only about 60 percent of the national average, and social problems are proving to be far more persistent than discrimination. Buraku leaders acknowledge that alcoholism is a disproportionate problem in their ( Read more... )

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2007/11/shhhh.htmlRead more... )

"I'm My Own Grandpa" found on Hog Rock Cafe

(Note: some other links on site highly NSFW)

I found this article through andrewsullivan.com

"Aicuña Is Not an Albino Town ( Read more... )

What happens when we learn how to do something, but don't have the knowledge/wisdom to deal with the implications of our new power? Arguably, every technological innovation in history has been a more-or-less dangerous leap without benefit of foresight. If something is new, by definition it hasn't been thoroughly tested yet. The hazards aren't ( Read more... )