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Making haste slowly

One of my relatives is in hospital at the moment, hopefully not for much longer.  She has been quite poorly at times, however, and it has been necessary to keep closely in touch with the different points of contact there for some days. It has been remarkable (or perhaps not so!)  that almost every conversation […]
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Biodiversity Day

In a passing conversation yesterday I was told about someone who was visiting this wonderful, natural part of Wales where I live, and who came across a certain beautiful, shy and universally loved wild mammal, one of just a few surviving in Britain now, and rarely seen.  She decided she wanted to take it back […]
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Making life difficult

I felt a strong sense of deja vu today when I heard that scientists have discovered how to change DNA to make artificial life.  The implications are enormous, because it gives scientists and users the ability to create a tool both for benevolent use like consuming cancer cells or oil spills, and also for malign […]
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Death and dying

It is wonderful how rapidly old mindsets are being replaced by a more compassionate and pragmatic approach.  I am thinking in particular about recommendations announced today in the UK that doctors should discuss openly the wishes and needs of terminally ill  patients with them, so that, for example, they can die at home if they […]
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New discoveries

I have written recently about the importance of biodiversity for the survival of the planet and humanity, at a time when species are becoming extinct at a rate that is so fast it is unsustainable. Against this background it is heartening to learn today that scientists from Conservation International who have been exploring in Papua […]
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Thailand

What is occurring in Thailand right now is symbolic of what will be happening more and more in other parts of the world.  It could be seen to be a battle between light and dark, even if, more prosaically, it is about the people of Thailand's right to have more say in the governing of […]
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The wisdom of nature

It is very peaceful here in mid-Wales today.  The chilly weather has gone and we have a windless, sunny warm day. It is amazing how nature knows ahead of time what is going to happen.  The night before the weather became wintry again, the swallows and flycatchers, all the insect eating birds, flew around the […]
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Eagles

It has not been widely reported, but three golden eagles have been found dead in Scotland. It is believed they were poisoned. It is ironic, to put it mildly, that gamekeepers kill such magnificent birds in order to protect the game birds that are reared for commercially driven shooting sport. The practice of killing raptors […]
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Sending goodwill

So, the British people now have a government after five days of highs and lows.  It was interesting to observe how so many of the politicians involved underestimated totally the intelligence of those people, failing to see that their drive for power and to retain power was blatent and unedifying, serving only to confirm the […]
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Bug Life

Amidst all the brouhaha about the Euro and politics, It was wonderful to hear on the BBC today serious discussion and advocacy about the importance of biodiversity.   One specialist in the subject said that it was as important as global warming since the survival of the human species depended on it. The fact that preserving […]
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