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Invasion of the Body Hackers (FT 11/6/11)
Dave Asprey, who says that he has ‘rewired’ his brain through body hacking Michael Galpert rolls over in bed in his New York apartment, the alarm clock still chiming. The 28-year-old internet...
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2045: The Year Man Becomes Immortal (Time 21/2/11)
On Feb. 15, 1965, a diffident but self-possessed high school student named Raymond Kurzweil appeared as a guest on a game show called I’ve Got a Secret. He was introduced by the host, Steve Allen, then...
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“Here’s to Beating Retards:” A Disabled Boy’s Death, and a System in Disarray...
Jonathan Carey did not die for lack of money. New York State and the federal government provided $1.4 million annually per person to care for Jonathan and the other residents of the Oswald D. Heck...
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Being Human: Resisting the Claims of Scientific Reductionism (FT 25-26/6/11)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/5be66ede-9b48-11e0-a254-00144feabdc0.html#ixzz1QQLYeELb Aping Mankind: Neuromania, Darwinitis and the Misrepresentation of Humanity, by Raymond Tallis, Acumen Publishing,...
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Double Helix Co-Discoverer James Watson: On the Lookout for Girls in Corona...
Double Helix co-discoverer James Watson: On the lookout for girls in Corona del Mar, California. circa 196? From: Avoid Boring (Other) People: Lessons from a Life in Science. by James Watson
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“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty. I think it...
The term designer babies is by and large just emblematic of the idea that genetic technology can do more than merely correct the frail aspects of human existence. It can redress nature’s essential...
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Science and Inhumanity: The Kaiser-Wilhelm/Max Planck Society
William E. Seidelman MD Science and Inhumanity: The Kaiser-Wilhelm/Max Planck Society First Published in: If Not Now an e-journal Volume 2, Winter 2000 http://www.baycrest.org/journal/ifnot01w.html...
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US Primary Care Doctors Greediest on Planet Earth (NYT 8/9/11)
Doctors are paid higher fees in the United States than in several other countries, and this is a major factor in the nation’s higher overall cost of health care, says a new study by two Columbia...
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There’s a #Zucker Born Every Minute
Facial recognition technology is a staple of sci-fi thrillers like “Minority Report.” But of bars in Chicago? SceneTap, a new app for smart phones, uses cameras with facial detection software to scout...
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