An international team of scientists announced today that for the first time ever, they were able to create new human stem cells by cloning older, fully mature human cells. The process cannot be… Original post on theverge.com Comments on reddit.com
Scientists at Harvard University think they have found a way to possibly reverse the aging process in human organs. Original post on wbur.org Comments on reddit.com
A Russian billionaire has unveiled plans to make humans immortal by converting them into ‘Terminator-style’ cyborgs – a creature that’s part human and part machine – within the next three decades. Original post on hindustantimes.com Comments on reddit.com
And you thought it was all about the neurons. In an experiment that might seem like something only a mad scientist would conjure, researchers injected human brain cells into the brains of mice to see how it would affect the way the mice thought. It did: the mice got smarter. [...] Original post on singularityhub.com Comments on reddit.com
An international team of scientists has found that levels of a peptide called hypocretin increase when humans are happy but decrease when they are sad. Original post on sci-news.com Comments on reddit.com
By Elizabeth Landau, CNN Will the Mars rover Curiosity catch a glimpse of a manned spaceship in this decade? That could be even more exciting than the gray powder it found by drilling. Original post on cnn.com Comments on reddit.com
The Obama administration is planning a decade-long scientific effort to examine the workings of the human brain and build a comprehensive map of its activity. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
By comparing DNA of children to that of elderly people, a multinational team of geneticists has identified rare gene variants that influence human lifespan. Original post on sci-news.com Comments on reddit.com
3-D printers can produce gun Original post on popsci.com Comments on reddit.com
In 1953, Cambridge researchers Watson and Crick published a paper describing the interweaving ‘double helix’ DNA structure – the chemical code for all life. Now, in the year of that scientific landmark’s 60th Anniversary, Cambridge researchers have published a paper proving that four-stranded ‘quadruple… Original post on phys.org Comments on reddit.com
A new method based on DNA forensics can tell us about the appearances of those who lived long ago Original post on smithsonianmag.com Comments on reddit.com
Zuck’s sister is angry about her photo being shared and would like to teach the world about morality. Original post on readwrite.com Comments on reddit.com
Firefighters from Newtown, CT, and elsewhere, form a human shield to block the promised picket by the Westboro Baptist Church, aka, Original post on thenewcivilrightsmovement.com Comments on reddit.com
DNA sequencing of 36 complete Y chromosomes has uncovered a previously unknown population explosion that occurred 40 to 50 thousand years ago, between the first expansion of modern humans out of Africa 60 to 70 thousand years ago and the… Original post on dailygalaxy.com Comments on reddit.com
Researchers at UC San Diego have recently discovered the anti-viral mechanism of a particular human gene that may shed light on why some HIV patients present Original post on doctortipster.com Comments on reddit.com
According to an international team of anthropologists, an ancient skull collected from a cave in the Annamite Mountains in northern Laos is the oldest modern human fossil found in Southeast Asia. Original post on sci-news.com Comments on reddit.com
An ancient cracked tooth repaired with a filling made of beeswax may be the earliest known example of therapeutic dentistry, researchers say. Original post on msn.com Comments on reddit.com
Here’s a science-fiction script for you. In a world rampant with digital piracy, armies of copyright bots work around the clock, patrolling the Web for unauthorized images and video clips. When they find one, they terminate it with extreme prejudice, thus keeping the Web safe for capitalism. But when they… Original post on slate.com Comments on reddit.com
For the past decade, scientists have been working on the assumption that 20,000 genes, less than 2 percent of the total genome, underpin human biology. But a massive international project called ENCODE has just revealed that plenty of the remaining 98 percent, once tossed aside as Original post on gizmodo.com Comments on reddit.com
The length of human pregnancy is limited primarily by a mother’s metabolism, not the size of the birth canal, suggests a new study from the University of Rhode Island. Original post on redorbit.com Comments on reddit.com
Self-awareness in humans is more complex, diffuse than previously thought August 22, 2012 in Neuroscience Enlarge Researchers at the University of Iowa studied the brain of a patient with rare, severe damage to three regions long considered integral to self-awareness… Original post on dailygalaxy.com Comments on reddit.com
Another early human species—so far nameless—has been identified at the roots of our family tree. And it wasn’t alone. Original post on nationalgeographic.com Comments on reddit.com
(Credit: Missouri Historical Society/Wikimedia Commons) Advocates of cliodynamics say that they can use scientific methods to illuminate the past. But Original post on kurzweilai.net Comments on reddit.com
Neuroscientist Kenneth Hayworth, 41, recently of Harvard and a veteran of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, believes that he can live forever, the Chronicle of Higher Education reports. Original post on dailygalaxy.com Comments on digg.com
After losing her right hand to a car accident, a woman has the uncanny feeling that her amputated hand is still there. But her new, imaginary hand is not at all like the one she lost. Original post on npr.org Comments on reddit.com
Good lord, maybe this really is becoming a trend? Following the Original post on miaminewtimes.com Comments on reddit.com
