Genes and Intellectual Property

There are some large battles looming in this area, I have a feeling. An interesting article on the current state of patent rights and the human genome.

Embedded Science Journalists?

Here's a great post from Dr. Free-Ride, Ph.D. (a chemist turned philosopher) on faults with science journalism. A follow-up on an earlier post here about another good article on science writing at Pharyngula.