Genetics
Click here to view the article. Click here to access a recent Wall Street Journal article on this subject. Click here to learn more about this fast moving subject. What follows is a quote from The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change” by Al Gore — “Nations are competitive too. China’s Beijing Genomic Institute(BGI) has [...]
Have you done it? Will you do it? Click here for an article titled “Genetics Classes Increasingly Feature Personal Genetics Testing” found on the Huffington Post website. Click here to access a Genetic Testing handbook located on a National Institutes of Health website. Click here to learn more from 23andMe, an education and testing website [...]
There is an emerging intellectual movement called transhumanism, which explores the application of technology and science to enhance human bodies and minds… Click here to read a report located on the Wired UK website. Click here to learn more about transhumanism. Click here to learn more about genetic modifications. Click here to learn more about [...]
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Physicist Stephen Hawking believes that we have entered a new phase of evolution… Click here to read the complete report.
Click here to access the complete report located on The Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies website. Click here to learn more about immortality. Click here to learn more about genetics. Click here to learn more about nanotech. Click here to learn more about the Singularity.
The genetic code of the fruit fly Drosophila has been hacked into, allowing it to make proteins with properties that don’t exist in the natural world. The advance could ultimately lead to the creation of new or “improved” life forms in the burgeoning field of synthetic biology… Click here to access the complete report found [...]
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23andMe is part of a fledgling industry that allows consumers to peek into their genetic code for details about their ancestry and future health… Click here to see The Associated Press report. Click here to view the 23andMe press release. Click here for an earlier press release titled “Khan Academy and 23andMe Partner to Promote [...]
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Homo Evolutis? . . I first learned of Juan Enriquez in January 2011. That’s when Amazon introduced Kindle Singles some of which were TEDBooks. One of the very first ones was Homo Evolutis . Click here to learn more. It’s a short, quick and very informative read. Steve Gullans is the co-author.
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In the world’s largest brain study to date, a team of more than 200 scientists from 100 institutions worldwide collaborated to map the human genes that… Click here to read the entire Science Daily report. Click here to learn more about genetic links to intelligence.
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“The long-term impact could be phenomenal…” Click here to access the complete ABC News report. Click here to learn more about genetic testing.
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