Phillimore Point Galiano Island Summer 2016 Bird Inventory

The following 24 birds were observed and identified at Phillimore Point on Galiano Island in British Columbia Canada during the summer of 2016. Some were spotted eating out of the feeders in my backyard garden while others were hanging out in the trees around my cabin while other seabirds were seen soaring over or floating upon the Read More …

Folsom California Christmas Bird Inventory 2015

The following birds were viewed and identified in Folsom, California between the dates of December 24-27, 2015. Some were spotted eating out of the feeders in my mother’s backyard garden while others were hanging out over the fence in the wetlands greenspace along the Humbug Willow Creek Trail behind her suburban home. I used The Audubon Read More …

Digital Bodies, Virtual Characters, Man-Machine Hybrids, Simulated ‘Humans’, Androids, and Cyborgs

My friend Andy Miah is helping to promote an upcoming conference he will likely be presenting at on the topics of digital bodies, virtual characters, man-machine hybrids, simulated ‘humans’, androids, and cyborgs. That makes it sound more like a SciFi convention that an academic symposium, but I assure you that these guys don’t take this Read More …

Genetically Modified Athletes Book by Andy Miah

From Andy‘s new Bioethics in Sport blog… “My new book Genetically Modified Athletes: Biomedical Ethics, Gene Doping and Sport was published by Routledge. It is the first book publication on this subject and intends to set-out the range of ethical issues arising from gene transfer and genomics more generally.” GMA has been covered by major Read More …