AUGUST 01, 2005 Cracking the Perception Code The brain may interpret the information it receives from sensory neurons using a code more complicated than...
Mars Plan Envisions Comfy Colony A group of aspiring Martians has drawn up detailed plans for settling the Red Planet, and is working on a cookbook that will...
Thanks for forwarding this very informative article, David. Their hopes to begin colonizing Mars by 2025, should launch facilities be available is very ...
New York Times August 1, 2005 DNA Machine May Advance Genetic Sequencing for Patients By NICHOLAS WADE A new kind of machine for decoding DNA may help bring...
America 2020 – healthier, smarter, more enjoyable By DICK PELLETIER Over the next 15 years, exciting advances in biotech, nanotech, robotics, and artificial...
Last Updated: Tuesday, 2 August 2005, 09:38 GMT 10:38 UK Nanotechnology has been harnessed to kill cancer cells without harming healthy tissue. Tiny tubes are...
(From http://www.fightaging.org/) We certainly live in an eclectic, ever-shrinking world; the internetless realm of my youth seems like a very long way away at...
The August meeting of the Las Vegas Futurists will be held on August 5, one week earlier than stated in the homepage start at 6:00pm one hour earlier than we...
Pitt scientists hope to take sting out of stem cell fight By Jennifer Bails TRIBUNE-REVIEW Friday, August 5, 2005 University of Pittsburgh researchers have...
Mars, the Blue Ecosynthesis Summary (Aug 03, 2005): Terraforming was once solely the province of science fiction. Illustrator Thierry Lombry has produced some...
Great comments on terraforming Mars. If correct, and there would be a shortage of oxygen, perhaps humans eventually could be genetically altered to not require...
This may pacify a few "bible thumpers," but eventually, the religious right must realize that cloned embryonic stem cells are nothing more than a medical tool,...
I felt disappointed listening to this interview with Aubrey de Grey. There was very little mention of upcoming gene therapies and no coverage at all of ...
Published: 07 August 2005 Mum was right. You will feel a whole lot better after a cuddle By Roger Dobson Scientists have confirmed the wisdom of mothers down...
Nanotech Breakthrough Promises Faster CPUs The process centers on dipping semiconductor chips into liquid suspensions of microscopic carbon nanotubes. The...
How Smart Is Your Right Foot? This will boggle your mind. 1. While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles with it....
August 15, 2005 Mishandling the China Challenge Donald Rumsfeld, fresh from wrecking U.S.-European relations over the last three years, has decided to try his...
This article comes from the New York Times and is entitled "Now, if My Software Only had a Brain..." which intriqued me initially because the keywords "Brain"...
Hi, Gilda, I consider James Fallows to be a very intelligent fellow. In fact, I look forward to his articles in Atlantic Monthly. But this NY Times article --...
Hi David: I, too, felt that it was odd that Fallows did not mention Google Alerts which is useful tool for gathering and filing away web articles since he...
Center for Inquiry Granted Representation at UN The Center for Inquiry–Transnational (CFI), devoted to science, reason, and free inquiry in all areas of...
Why Great Minds Can't Grasp Consciousness By Ker Than At a physics meeting last October, Nobel laureate David Gross outlined 25 questions in science that he...
*What is consciousness?* Susan Greenfield seems to be more correct with this issue. She believes that consciousness involves large groups of non-specialized...
On the first day, God created the dog. God said, "Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. I will give you a life...
MIT researchers have identified a gene that helps control the balance between bone and fat in the human body, a discovery that could pave the way for the...
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