The Restless Clock: In Defense of Lamarck
Historian Jessica Riskin, of Stanford University, has written a new book entitled, “The Restless Clock: A History of the Centuries-Long Argument over What
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Biotechnology
Stem cell treatment offers potential cure for age-related illness
Stem cell treatment offers the greatest potential of a cure for many age-related illnesses. Right now, doctors are struggling to find practical applications
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Using Nanoscale Technologies to Understand and Replicate the Human Brain
Can we emulate the brain to create supercomputers far beyond what currently exists? And will we one day have tools small enough to
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Pentagon Looks to Breed Immortal ‘Synthetic Organisms,’ Molecular Kill-Switch Included
The Pentagon’s mad science arm may have come up with its most radical project yet. Darpa is looking to re-write the laws of
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Nature: 2020 visions
For the first issue of the new decade, Nature asked a selection of leading researchers and policy-makers where their fields will be ten
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Bacteria is put to work turning microgears
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33eRZDZ9wWg] Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and Northwestern University have discovered that common bacteria can turn microgears
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Future Shock (1972)
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ghzomm15yE] Documentary based on the book with the same name by Alvin Toffler, narrated by Orson Welles.
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Andrew Hessel – Introduction to Synthetic Biology
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The Political Roots of “Overhumanism”
This paper argues that the emergence of “overhumanism”* in Italy is a troubling development, both for Italian and international transhumanism, due to overhumanism’s
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Tests Begin on Drugs That May Slow Aging
It may be the ultimate free lunch — how to reap all the advantages of a calorically restricted diet, including freedom from disease
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