Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes

I believe that the abominable deterioration of ethical standards stems primarily from the mechanization and depersonalization of our lives—a disastrous byproduct of science and technology. Nostra culpa!”—Albert Einstein, 1946

phone check [Escalator outside NIH, Bethesda Maryland]

Yes, readers, it’s time for another “Ask a Mom About Technology”, the post which answers the questions you would have asked if you didn’t already have a life.

Dear Mom, Does talking on a cellphone while driving cause brain cancer?

Cellphones are not healthy for mice.[image credit: freakingnews.com ]

Dear Reader, While it’s true that laboratory rats who drove little laboratory cars equipped with teeny built in phones displayed higher cancer rates and really annoyed laboratory rat drivers without car phones, scientists conducting the experiments caution that it is too soon to draw conclusions.

“Laboratory rats tend to develop cancer in direct proportion to the size of the government research grant involved,” reported…