Oct
31
pic nicked from here A functioning, mini-human liver has been grown in the lab by researchers at the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. They say these manmade livers are meant to create donor organs, of which there is a shortage, and to test drugs on. Both worthy causes. But I hope …
Jun
08
Psychedelic Maize is false advertising. This bio-engineered corn does not get you stoned. It promotes carbohydrate export from leaves, increasing crop yield and the amount of bio-fuel that could be sucked out of each plant. It’s called “Psychedelic Maize” because the process puts yellow and green streaks in the leaves. And why the fuck can’t …
May
01
Scientists say that they’re about ten years away from being able to produce meat without slaughtering animals. They can actually do it now but there’s a minor problem: It currently takes about a million dollars to produce a single hamburger. So it’s a luxury item. But improvements in manufacturing should lower the price. The first …
Although Ryan Oakley began his career as a simple rake (drunk) he has since become Toronto’s most renowned flaneur (no car) and notorious dandy (overdresses). A misanthropic composer of psycho-geographical fictions (sci-fi), he is also a server of food, a tender of bar and a washer of dishes. While performing all these functions with efficiency and elegance (disdain and malice), he somehow finds the time to publicly criticize friends, strangers and cultural crap.
