June 2012
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Harvard scientists reverse the ageing process in... →
Scientists claim to be a step closer to reversing the ageing process after rejuvenating worn out organs in elderly mice. The experimental treatment developed by researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, turned weak and feeble old mice into healthy animals by regenerating their aged bodies.
The surprise recovery of the animals has raised hopes among scientists that...
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“In all science, error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first...”
– Hugh Walpole
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“…But today we found a little girl that was still alive - just. She was so tiny...”
– Ruby Siddiqui is an epidemiologist with MSF. She describes, with tenderness, working in the refugee crisis in South Sudan in her latest blog post. (via doctorswithoutborders)
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mynameisgruber asked: But do you fully understand what the scientists are saying? Can you explain the creation of the universe yourself? Because if not, you're taking what the current leaders are saying and holding it to be true. Just like creationists have done for thousands of years that you consider blind faith.
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“No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows.”
– J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Fake meat: is science fiction on the verge of... →
In this anonymous laboratory on a low-rise industrial estate in Menlo Park, 40km south of San Francisco, there is a whiff of revolution in the air. There is a whiff of madness, too, but after a few hours in the company of the man leading this intriguing Silicon Valley startup, one begins to wonder if it is the rest of the world that is insane.
Professor Patrick Brown could easily be taken for a...
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RIP Rodney King →
Rodney King, whose videotaped beating prompted LA race riots, dies aged 47
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GM crops good for environment, study finds →
Crops genetically modified to poison pests can deliver significant environmental benefits, according to a study spanning two decades and 1.5m square kilometres. The benefits extended to non-GM crops in neighbouring fields, researchers found.
Plants engineered to produce a bacterial toxin lethal to some insects but harmless to people were grown across more than 66m hectares around the world in...
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“The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears...”
– J. Robert Oppenheimer
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