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April 4 to 10, 2005
Scientists are figuring out ways to stimulate neurons remotely with laser beams and are already controlling fruit flies: http://www.better
human
s.com/News/news.aspx?articleID=2005-03-07-...
Meanwhile, Swiss biotech firm Syngenta was fined for "mistakenly" selling hundreds of tons of experimental GMO corn seed not yet approved for
human
consumption to the U.S. and Europe...
March 21 to 27, 2005
Meanwhile, here's the best along those lines that
human
s can do so far. We have a long way to go...
March 7 to 13, 2005
Turns out the
human
mind can't process more than four interdependent variables at once. Our planet is doomed...
January 24 to 30, 2005
This was understandably popular - people are worrying about hybrid
human
/animal experiments, including
human
/rabbit egg combinations and mice with
human
brain cells...
January 17 to 23, 2005
UK scientists find the natural
human
-produced chemicals that repel mosquitos...
January 1 to 9, 2005
Interactive charts of the International Phonetic Alphabet. You can listen to every sound that
human
s use to communicate...
November 22 to 28, 2004
Only 1/3 of Americans believe that evolution is well supported by evidence. 45% say God created
human
s, and 1/3 say the Bible should be taken literally word for word...
November 15 to 21, 2004
"Scientists Debate Blending Of
human
, Animal Forms"...
November 1 to 7, 2004
Boeing's high-tech 7E7 jetliner slated for a 2008 launch will finally allow cabin humidity to approach
human
e levels...
October 25 to 31, 2004
Here's a list of "
human
universals"...
Guess we'll all be eating squid in the future. There are more squids than
human
s by biomass now, thanks to overfishing and climate change...
October 18 to 24, 2004
After decades of continuous military bombing since World War II, the freed island of Kahoolawe is re-established as a native navigational center and crossroads "connecting Hawaiians to the ancestra...
A pro-evoting industry group blames
human
s for errors. Along these lines, it's your fault every time your PC crashes, too...
"
human
s Aren't So Complicated...
September 27 to October 3, 2004
"Would You, as a
human
Being, be Willing to Shake Hands with a Jew?"...
September 20 to 26, 2004
Researchers are studying net viruses using methods used to study
human
epidemics...
August 30 to September 5, 2004
Isn't it funny that the Superferry sports an array of high-tech gadgets - and two
human
observers - to do nothing but ensure that whales are avoided at all costs.....
June 14 to 20, 2004
Theme of the week:
human
ity I just finished watching "The Corporation", an amazing film that traces the roots, rights, and wrongs of the corporate entity. It ties together politics, global issues...
What does the military have to say about
human
ity? Here's a booklet carried by Vietnam soldiers which they were told to keep at all times...
This has been popular, but I love the quote: "[Defense] firms are about to pitch "a frightening new breed of stun gun" to police in America and Europe that has left
human
rights groups appalled abou...
May 31 to June 6, 2004
A biological engineering plan to end
human
aging...
March 31, 2004
Looking at the other side of the world, here's an overview of China's recent massive architectural works: "...the building boom sweeping over China has no precedent in
human
history." They're usin...
March 8 to 14, 2004
And remember one of the core facts of
human
nature (now scientifically proved) - when people are presented with more, they will take more, consciously or not...
March 1 to 7, 2004
Philips developed a "fluid lens" - a variable-focus lens system with no mechanical moving parts that mimics the
human
eye's focusing mechanism...
February 9 to 15, 2004
A movie with four vignettes that explore what it means to be
human
in a world where robots are commonplace. It won the "Special Jury Award for Emotional Truth" at the Florida Film Festival as well a...
December 15 to 21, 2003
Nanoscale fibers smaller than the wavelengths of light have been developed - see the picture of one winding around a
human
hair...
November 17 to 23, 2003
Aging Baby Boomers are turning to
human
growth hormone...
September 30, 2003
"A prototype digital video system producing images of such high quality that the
human
eye struggles to distinguish them from reality has been developed by Japanese engineers...
September 15, 2003
The importance of dreaming for the future Why are people retreating to past fantasy instead of thinking forward?
human
ity's perception of the future indeed shapes its present. Recent Hugo award winne...
Strange tiles have been sighted in over 100 different places around the world, created by an unknown artist. They reference Arnold Toynbee, who believed that "
human
ity's perception of its histor...
September 8, 2003
Thanks to the
human
genome project, researchers are pioneering the field of ionomics, the study of how genes regulate ions. That can lead to plants that soak up heavy metals.....
Visionary architect Eugene Tsui Why generic "modernism" is a plague, and how to design a
human
e future: "Look at a box-shaped house - it wastes so much space and so much material, it is structurall...
August 12, 2003
Things like this are good to see every once in a while so you don't get so proud about being a
human
, having two arms and two legs and all...
July 28, 2003
Thanks to 10,000 years of selective breeding by
human
s, bananas will vanish forever in a decade...
July 7, 2003
An article on Estonia, where Internet access was declared a fundamental
human
right by law.....