"CRISPR" "New Advances in Genetic Engineering: The Nuts, The Bolts, Frankenstein Monsters?, and Ethics"   In the last 150 years we’ve had an amazing advancement in our understanding of the genetic code that programs life. While some technologies for manipulating genes have developed in the last few decades, new programmable systems have been discovered in […]

Copernicus' Epicycles Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) is sometimes called the father of modern astronomy. He's famous for introducing to Western Europe a thorough and worked-out model of the Solar System with the Sun at the center. At the time, nearly everybody accepted Ptolemy's Earth-centered model, with planets riding on celestial spheres, and riding on epicycles inside […]

Punctuated Equilibrium, Neoteny, and Evolution: A tribute to the late Dr. Stephen Jay Gould Stephen Jay Gould was undoubtedly one of the most influential scientists of the 20th Century who along with Niles Eldredge published the theory of Punctuated Equilibrium. He was a prolific author of many articles on Neoteny, and other ideas that revolutionized […]

11th Annual Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Opening Ceremony of VWBPE 2018 Join us at the Gateway for Kick Off Event of VWBPE 2018.  This is a time to socialize and network with friends, old and new, while enjoying the lovely piano music of Arisia Vita. The Conference Executive and Organization Committees will share a […]