This New Year, the world stage leaves us with so much worry, there’s little incentive to get out of bed each morning. Adding to the malaise is a fresh, looming disaster. Not long ago, I mentioned that good topsoil around the globe is eroding at the rate of 1% a year. Without it, we

My 82-year-old teeth surprised me a few weeks ago.  I woke up with a toothache.  Fortunately, the dentist could see me right away. After providing me with a prescription for antibiotics, he set up an appointment with a colleague for my root canal. Naturally, I took the pills but kne

By now, everyone is so familiar with genetic engineering that if we read some scientist had crossed an octopus with a watermelon to create a waterpus, we wouldn’t blink.  We’d accept it because we’re already familiar with genetically altered tomatoes that look great but tastes