Colonizing Space To Result In Genetic Changes, Stark Differences To Earth-Bound Humans
Feb 03, 2017 07:14 am UTC| Science
Right now, there are several initiatives both public and private that have to do with going to space or colonizing another planet. Regardless of the reasons for doing so, one of the biggest obstacles to actually developing...
Scientists Want To Upgrade Laws Of Robotics To 23 From Just 3
Feb 02, 2017 12:54 pm UTC| Science
Isaac Asimovs Three Laws of Robotics have often been used as references in movies that featured artificial intelligence or servile machinery. Now that this sci-fi concept is so close to becoming real, scientists are...
Listen up: a plan to help scientists get their research heard by decision-makers
Feb 01, 2017 16:08 pm UTC| Science
Many scientists are keen to communicate research they believe can help inform the decisions people make, from public opinion to the policy of our governments. But the will of scientists to abandon intellectual ivory...
11 Extinct Animals Are Planned For Revival, List Posted By The Long Now Foundation
Feb 01, 2017 13:25 pm UTC| Science
The extinction of an entire species is always a tragedy, but it is worse when the species in question had a major contribution to the health and balance of an ecosystem. As a result, The Long Now Foundation has been...
Scientists Cured Babies Of Leukemia Through Genetic Engineering
Jan 30, 2017 11:54 am UTC| Science
The field of genetics has always promised revolutionary cures for even the most deadly of diseases. Recently, scientists fulfilled that promise in at least one area by curing two babies who were suffering from leukemia...
Scientists Are Making Dragonfly Drones With Cybernetic Modifications
Jan 30, 2017 08:52 am UTC| Science
The British TV show Black Mirror had an episode wherein a tech company was utilizing miniature drones that mimicked insects to kill people. Real-life scientists are now working on the first part by genetically engineering...
The future of stem cells: tackling hype versus hope
Jan 29, 2017 23:18 pm UTC| Science
For many people suffering from disabling conditions, such as Parkinsons disease, spinal injury and paralysis, multiple sclerosis, macular degeneration, heart disease, renal failure and even cancer, announcements in the...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight