Author Rebecca Taylor

Over the years, I have given a lot of talks on biotechnology.  I have one on the ethics of genetic testing.  I have one on the ethics of human genetic engineering and one on stem cell research and cloning. My… Continue Reading →

At the risk of straying from my charter here at Creative Minority, I am going to blog about something other than genetics or biotechnology. My hope is reach out to those who may have experienced a similar traumatic event and… Continue Reading →

With a recent lengthy discussion here in the comments about genetics and intelligence, I thought Creative Minority readers would be interested in a new study that looked at how good genetics is at predicting disease. Researchers at Johns Hopkins looked… Continue Reading →

Nadya Suleman, better known as Octomom, admits that she was not in the right state of mind when she, single and mother of 6 children already, underwent more IVF to have 8 more children.  From the NYDaily News: Nadya Suleman… Continue Reading →

My junior year I took a year off of my chemistry studies and went on an adventure.  I spent a year studying English literature, philosophy and Latin at Blackfriars College, a part of University of Oxford.  Academically, I got my… Continue Reading →

Most woman do not realize how valuable they are.  I am not talking about cooking, cleaning, raising the kids while bringing home the bacon.  I am talking about their biology.  So many of the culture wars today are on the… Continue Reading →

Since my last entry here on transhumanism sparked a great discussion, I thought I would share the latest on the transhumanism front. Actually, it is environmentalism and transhumanism combined in a bizarre discussion on how to engineer humans to combat… Continue Reading →