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(http://green.yahoo.com)
- scanned by: Jeff Hilford
over 3 years ago
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The turritopsis nutricula species of jellyfish may be the only animal in the world to have truly discovered the fountain of youth.
Since it is capable of cycling from a mature adult stage to an immature polyp stage and back again, there may be ...
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(http://www.humansfuture.org)
- scanned by: evo4ata
over 3 years ago
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Scientific and speculative articles about the future of human evolution regarding to artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, transhumanism, nanotechnology, space colonization, time travel, life extension and human enhancement
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future, human, evolution, artificial, intelligence, biotechnology, transhumanism, robotics, nanotechnology, space, colonization, time, travel, genetic, engineering, life, extension, psychology, nature, origins
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(http://www.dailygalaxy.com)
- scanned by: Alvis Brigis
over 4 years ago
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Score another one for hindsight, aka retroquant. Toronto based Professor Hughes and colleagues have traced thousands of genes across tens of species as far afield as people, poultry and pufferfish. They found that while the actual genes have evol...
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(http://www.dailygalaxy.com)
- scanned by: Alvis Brigis
over 4 years ago
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More "Blue Planet in Peril" news: new calculations made by marine chemists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute suggest that low-oxygen "dead zones" in the ocean could expand significantly over the next century. M...
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(http://blog.wired.com)
- scanned by: Jeff Hilford
over 4 years ago
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A unifying theory of winged locomotion could explain the magical mid-air maneuvers of birds and insects, and guide the design of flying robots.
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(http://www.newscientist.com)
- scanned by: Adam Cutsinger
over 4 years ago
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Sure enough the iron triggered a bloom of phytoplankton. Dead bloom particles were then expected to sink to the ocean bed, dragging carbon along with them.
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ocean, fertilisation, fertilization, carbon, storage, ken, caldeira, carnegie, institution, stanford, university, california, southern, atlantic, iron, phytoplankton, copepods, crustaceans, amphipods, squid, fin, whales, plankton
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(http://blog.wired.com)
- scanned by: Jeff Hilford
over 4 years ago
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Stem cells have great promise, but it won't be realized without a lot of clinical trials and errors, and likely some tragic side effects and missteps.
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stemcells, tumors, research, sideeffects, ethics, treatment
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(http://www.world-science.net)
- scanned by: Jeff Hilford
over 4 years ago
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A variation in a gene called FOXO3A seems to increase human life expectancy in populations worldwide, scientists report.
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aging, longevity, lifespan, lifeextension, genes, foxo3a
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(http://www.sciencedaily.com)
- scanned by: Jeff Hilford
over 4 years ago
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Uncontrolled movement and growth of pigment cells (melanophore) in both tadpoles and humans causes a particularly dangerous form of skin cancer. By blocking the migration of these cells, the development and spread of cancerous tumours can potentia...
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