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- Factory Of Life
Synthetic biology was born a little more than a decade ago, an offshoot of traditional genetic engineering but distinct in its ambitions, precision and mind-set. Instead of randomly tweaking the genetic blueprints of living organisms and then working...
- Spider That Builds Its Own Spider Decoys Discovered
A spider that builds elaborate, fake spiders and hangs them in its web has been discovered in the Peruvian Amazon. Believed to be a new species in the genus Cyclosa, the arachnid crafts the larger spider from leaves, debris and dead insects. Though...
- Cost Of Gene Sequencing Falls, Raising Hopes For Medical Advances
Remember the Steve Jobs comment: “I think the biggest innovations of the twenty-first century will be the intersection of biology and technology.” MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — In Silicon Valley, the line between computing and biology has begun to blur...
- Publication Of The Gorilla Genome Opens Window Onto Human Evolution
Found via the RDFRS. The sequence of the gorilla genome is published today, completing the set for the living great apes. The findings provide a unique perspective on our own origins and are an important resource for research into human evolution and...
- 60 Minutes: Steve Jobs: Revelations From A Tech Giant
His products - the Mac, iPhone, iPad and others - forever changed the way we think about technology. But how should we think about the man behind them, Apple's hard-driving co-founder Steve Jobs? In the years before his death, Jobs granted biographer...
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Playing God (BBC Documentary)
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Broadcast (2012) Adam Rutherford meets a new creature created by American scientists, the spider-goat. It is part goat, part spider, and its milk can be used to create artificial spider's web. It is part of a new field of research, synthetic biology, with a radical aim: to break down nature into spare parts so that we can rebuild it however we please. This technology is already being used to make bio-diesel to power cars. Other researchers are looking at how we might, one day, control human emotions by sending 'biological machines' into our brains.
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- Factory Of Life
Synthetic biology was born a little more than a decade ago, an offshoot of traditional genetic engineering but distinct in its ambitions, precision and mind-set. Instead of randomly tweaking the genetic blueprints of living organisms and then working...
- Spider That Builds Its Own Spider Decoys Discovered
A spider that builds elaborate, fake spiders and hangs them in its web has been discovered in the Peruvian Amazon. Believed to be a new species in the genus Cyclosa, the arachnid crafts the larger spider from leaves, debris and dead insects. Though...
- Cost Of Gene Sequencing Falls, Raising Hopes For Medical Advances
Remember the Steve Jobs comment: “I think the biggest innovations of the twenty-first century will be the intersection of biology and technology.” MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — In Silicon Valley, the line between computing and biology has begun to blur...
- Publication Of The Gorilla Genome Opens Window Onto Human Evolution
Found via the RDFRS. The sequence of the gorilla genome is published today, completing the set for the living great apes. The findings provide a unique perspective on our own origins and are an important resource for research into human evolution and...
- 60 Minutes: Steve Jobs: Revelations From A Tech Giant
His products - the Mac, iPhone, iPad and others - forever changed the way we think about technology. But how should we think about the man behind them, Apple's hard-driving co-founder Steve Jobs? In the years before his death, Jobs granted biographer...