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Redman's fluency as a soloist is drawing comparisons to the young Sonny Rollins. Premature, of course, but it's been a long time since jazz produced a saxophonist with Redman's fearless improvisational skill and mature melodic sense. At 24, Redman already has plenty of name recognition. His father...
In part, the relatively calm, reaction may be a reflection of the pervasiveness of the scientific mindset. Robert J. Stillman, director of the program under which the experiment took place, was quoted in Newsweek as saying he wondered why "people have not been able to separate the what if from...
It is all too easy to demonize the unknown, and scientists like Stillman suffer the consequences. He and his team had no desire to mass-produce babies; they were simply extending their research in the field of in-vitro fertilization, using every means at their disposal to help couples who...
Either people do not realize that they ultimately control the application of a technology, or that knowledge is not enough for them. The answer, instead, seems to be to stifle the scientists who dare to open this moral can of worms. More than three-quarters of those polled by Time...
Scientists are not without scruples. Stillman and his colleagues deliberately used unviable embryos for their experiment. But they emerged from their cloistered laboratory to find themselves defending their work on "Larry King Live." In this brave new world, we may soon see a time when students of science are required...