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more about #disease more comments → Wookie1972: I guess Kurzweill's singularity is going to be on hold for awhile. #nanotechnology more » Arryma: Very interesting. I suppose that if these fibers will migrate to the mesothelium, then they are good candidates to cause mesothelioma. The mechanism... more » Klebert L. Hall: Carbon nanotubes are more nanomaterial than nanotech. -Kle. #nanotechnology more » lazyeight: I do have a question - Is that actually a photo of a nanotube? Correct me, but it appears to be a twisted bunch of fibers. Are the individual 'fibers'... more » Pope John Peeps II: I remember my grandfather passing away from carbon nanotube lung. He'd go down all day into the carbon nanotube mines, chipping away with those tiny, ... more » Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: didn't find the "carbon nanotube" in the iphone app store. #nanotechnology more » senatormayer: Oh great. So what your telling me is I've got to expect some new annoying commercials extolling the dangers of carbon nanotubes and mesothelioma? That... more » johnconnorjudgementday: A bunch of factory workers getting cancer is worse than the planet being consumed by nanobots? I respectfully disagree. more » Anekanta - Go Play!: This seems like one of the few times in the history that we've known about the health consequences of a new technology before it became widely impleme... more » Pope John Peeps II: That's maybe the weakest horror movie clip I've seen in a long, long time. I've been seeing a lot of euopean, usually UK-style horror, where it's supp... more » Calraigh: Or in common parlance, what we natives refer to as ''Longford''. more » acrobatic rabbit: I know it's really gory but I couldn't help but laugh when the emo-mask evil child was hitting the woman with a hubcap. and making that noise each tim... more » Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Plague town? Great a whole town full of whiny, over-reacting, grumpy stick in the muds with an unfortunate taste for hentai. more » bonniegrrl: Just wait until the cows realize they don't need to get mad when they can get EVEN! more » ♠ Final ♠: Quit feeding cows hamburgers! We get it, it's ironic! But you're fucking with muh burgers more » -
#disease
Worst Nanotech Threat Isn't Gray Goo - It's Black Lung
The "killer app" of current nanotechnology is the carbon nanotube, which could revolutionize circuit boards and other technologies. But these nanoscopic tubes also cause a new kind of industrial disease that could scar your lungs and give you cancer. More » -
#plaguetown
Who Needs Eyes When You Can Rip Them Out Of Others? Plague Town Clip Hits
It's been some time since we've heard from the mutant children of Plague Town. Thankfully a graphic, disturbing new clip lets us check in on the homicidal little town. More » -
#epidemic
More Mad Cow Disease on the Way, Say Scientists
A new case of CJD, or mad cow disease, has prompted scientists in the UK to warn that a new wave of the deadly condition is coming. And many more people could be infected. -
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#mutation
A Genetic Mutation That Causes Humans to Walk on All Fours
In 2005, scientists discovered a few families in Hungary where some of the adults only walked on all fours. Few understood the causes of this rare condition, called Unertan syndrome. Some scientists speculated that the quadrupedal people had simply never learned to walk upright due to learning disabilities and lack of access to proper medical care. Others believed that these families had a mutation in a set of genes that cause humans to walk upright. Today at a conference, researchers in Turkey are presenting the results of a study where they analyzed the genomes in all four families. They are beginning to figure out what causes present-day humans to walk on all fours the way our distant ancestors did. More »
