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January 2006
Ryan Brandt |
The Daredevil Gene Fear for your life every time the surf picks up? Blame your heredity.   |
Reason
January 2006 |
Who's Afraid of Human Enhancement? Scientists, ethicists, American public policy makers and reporters debate the promise, perils, and ethics of human biotechnology. |
Wired
January 2006
Steve Silberman |
Don't Even Think About Lying How brain scans are reinventing the science of lie detection. |
Scientific American
January 2, 2006
JR Minkel |
T Cells for Brain Cells Some researchers claim that inducing a mild autoimmune reaction could actually protect the central nervous system from a spectrum of neurodegenerative conditions, from glaucoma and spinal cord injury to Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease. |
Wired
January 2006
Thomas Goetz |
The Battle to Stop Bird Flu The Bird Flu pandemic has hit New Mexico. Inside the Los Alamos weapons lab, massive computer simulations are unleashing disease and tracking its course, 6 billion people at a time. |
Wired
January 2006 |
The Origin of Species The recent Visions of Science Photographic Award was given for a photo illustrating panspermia - the notion that the basic building blocks of life float through the universe and occasionally take root in a hospitable environment. |
Scientific American
January 2006 |
Saving Animals and People Use of animals in testing and in biomedical research continues to be necessary and is ethically preferable to experimenting on humans or forgoing cures that could save human lives, but the development and acceptance of animal substitutes deserve enthusiastic support. |
Smithsonian
January 2006
Michael Rosenwald |
The Flu Hunter For years, virologist Robert Webster has been warning of a global influenza outbreak. Now governments worldwide are finally listening to him. |
Scientific American
December 19, 2005 |
Lean Gene Machine An ocean bacterium has the most streamlined genome: P. ubique apparently has traded potential for economy in a big way, making its genome the equivalent of a fuel-stingy Volkswagen Beetle, whereas human DNA is more akin to a gas-guzzling Hummer pulling an RV trailer plus a boat. |
Scientific American
December 12, 2005
Philip E. Ross |
Grow Your Own Getting a diabetic pancreas to regrow its islets -- growth factors could restore beta cells lost in type 1 diabetes. |
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