http://tags.lifehacker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png http://io9.com/tag/chimeras http://io9.com/tag/chimeras This new ad for Puma's v1.08 soccer boot freaks me out. In the year 2178, soccer players will have their legs ripped off and replaced with weird cyber-horse legs, so they can trot around and do kangaroo jumps for the amusement of their beer-swilling orthohuman masters. Until then, the ad says, the closest you can get to being a deformed cyber-beast athlete is to buy Puma's newest model. It's just the latest in a long line of freaky dystopian adverts.

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• "Chimera" mice grown with livers made of human cells are the ultimate test bed for new liver drugs, say scientists. Already, bio geeks have been growing mice with human brain cells, so this liver stuff is just icing on the genetic cake. [Salk Institute]
  
• A new study shows that the more manly you are, the more likely you are to want to punish immigrants. I think this explains a lot about certain episodes of Battlestar Galactica. [Eurekalert] Why bugs love rough sex after the jump.

• Insects love violent sex, often inflicting lots of wounds during the insemination process. Now scientists know it's not because there's a sadomasochistic sex gene that we've inherited from bugs. Instead, it's because female insects need to have their immune systems activated when sperm enter them, in order to get rid of pathogens that might get inside along with all that desirable bug spunk. [Science Blog]
  
• OMG "BISPHENAL A" IS A TOTALLY FUCKING DANGEROUS CHEMICAL IN YOUR BODY HOLY CRAP HERE IS A SUPER SENSATIONALISTIC ARTICLE ABOUT IT. The headline alone is worth the click. [Knight Science Journalism Tracker]

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