Tag: misleading
The Local Universe May Be Misleading Cosmologists about Dark Energy and Expansion
A Cosmic Void May Be Skewing Our Understanding of the Universe By Paul M. Sutter edited by Clara Moskowitz “You can journey to the ends of the earth in search of success,” 19th-century Baptist preacher Russell Conwell is said to have proclaimed, “but if you’re lucky, you will discover happiness in your own backyard.” But…
Why Genetically Optimizing Embryos Is Misleading, Unethical—And Not Even Possible
Opinion The Myth of the Designer Baby—Why ‘Genetic Optimization’ Is More Hype Than Science A genomics firm saying they can help parents with “genetic optimization” of their embryos is tone-deaf Silicon Valley marketing trampling over legitimate science. Parents should be wary By Arthur Caplan & James Tabery An understandable ethics outcry greeted the June announcement…