Noah’s Arctic ark for seeds set to open
If much of civilization is ever wiped out, at least our seeds will survive. The first specimens — 7,000 seeds from 36 African
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Darpa Pursues Neuroscience To Enhance Analyst, Soldier Performance
In a summary of her programs at the annual DarpaTech conference in 2005, Kruse spelled out the importance of the work: “The operational
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Telepathic Genes
Scientists have discovered that genes have the ability to recognize similarities in each other from a distance and without other biological molecules aiding
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Battlefield Earth: geoengineering as a weapon
For a variety of political and natural reasons, global warming affects some countries differently than others. Fragile economies and weak infrastructures tend to
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The end of oil is just a game
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxFxrp5kDSo] Read about the new game Frontline: Fuel of War on CNN: Over the last two decades prior to 2030 oil production has
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Israel Eyes Thinking Machines to Fight ‘Doomsday’ Missile Strikes
Israel has been hit in recent years by thousands and thousands of rockets, mortar shells, and missiles. And that could be just a
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SpaceShip Two unveiled
This week, Richard Branson unveiled his vision for the future of commercial spaceflight (see also our blog post in the Great Beyond). Based
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Longest Piece of Synthetic DNA Yet
The research team, led by Nobel laureate Hamilton Smith, ordered short strands of genetic code from commercial DNA synthesis companies in the U.S.
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Pre-emptive nuclear strike a key option, Nato told
The west must be ready to resort to a pre-emptive nuclear attack to try to halt the “imminent” spread of nuclear and other
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Tiny Robot Walks Using Rat Heart Muscle
Scientists in Korea have designed a crablike robot that is smaller than the thickness of a fingernail and powered by contractions of cardiac
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