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The U.S. federal agency Food and Drug Administration (FDA) begins its consideration of biological procedures which, if successful, will allow creating genetically modified babies, reports Marcy Darnovsky, executive director of the Center for Genetics and Society. "This is a dangerous step", warns Darnovsky. According to her, these methods will "change all…
Designer Dor Tal from Israel developed a concept gadget Future Control, which can analyze the information taken from the Internet in order to make "predictions" about the actions of its owner. The Future Control Project focuses primarily on a new mobile application that requires access to the personal data of…
Renowned geneticist Craig Venter, one of the pioneers of synthetic biology, claims that the technologies needed to teleport living beings already exist. However, till now he is talking only about viruses and bacteria. But maybe someday, biological teleportation can become a reality for humans too. Minimal genome In 1995, a…
Russian scientist believes in the possibility that highly developed extraterrestrial civilizations might live inside the black holes. Black holes in space, as we all know, ‘swallow’ anything found before them. All objects that fall into the trap of black holes get lost in the "eternal oblivion." It seems that some…
In a manuscript by Albert Einstein dated back to 1931, which had been neglected by researchers of his work, is found an alternative theory about the origins of the Universe. The renowned scientist suggested that instead of the Big Bang, the Universe was expanding continuously and eternally, a theory supported…
Everyone has heard the notion that we don't use the full potential of our brain function. While the myth of humans using 10% of their brains has been debunked, our most important organ still holds mysteries. Scientists in a unique workshop in Barcelona, Spain, are working to unlock this potential…
Until the early twentieth century, electricity remained a product of scientific curiosity in the eyes of ordinary people, just like the Large Hadron Collider is now - nothing more than a toy to entertain a handful of physicists. Nikola Tesla was probably the most prominent of those scientists and inventors…
In the late '90s, the Wachowski brothers offered mankind two pills. Take the blue pill and everything will remain as it is. Take the red pill and you will find out how deep the rabbit hole is. You will gain the ability to fly, dodge bullets, and do anything possible.…
