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Scientists Identify DNA That May Contribute to Each Person's Uniqueness
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine scanned the human genome and discovered what they believe is the reason people have such a variety of physical traits and disease risks.
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Carboncopies: Realistic Routes to Substrate-Independent Minds
What might brains and minds look like in the future? It can be difficult to manage and organize ideas from many highly specialized fields of expertise that must necessarily converge to answer this intriguing question.
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Social media: do we need new rules?
Google CEO Eric Schmidt suggests young people may need to change their names to escape the...
Virtual reality tackles tough questions
Virtual reality is allowing scientists to ask difficult questions about human behaviour th...
U.S. Risks Losing Global Leadership in Nanotech
According to a new report from Lux Research, the USA risks losing its status as a world le...
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BioRead  The Restoration Game Reviewed by Matt James For many the name Ken MacLeod may be synonymous with the very best of UK science fiction. Author of eleven previous novels, five of which have been nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, MacLeod is widely recognised as being a sci-fi author who delivers intelligent, witty and politically challenging novels.His latest, The Restoration Game was released just this month (July 2010) following closely on the tails of acclaimed novels such as The Execution Channel and The Night Sessions. Despite such a good reputation this has been the first novel written by the author which I have read. |
Opinion
By Elizabeth Smee and Iseult Roche.The April 2008 British Society of Gastroenterologists guidelines on consent has extended inform ...
In an age where technology is increasing the scope for information sharing, there exists suspicion of anything which expands Stat ...
Matt James explores some of the ethical issues surrounding the recent news that Dr. Craig Venter and his team have successfully de ... |
