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♠ Final ♠: This friends is Kevin Randleman after his MRSA infection. If you don't want staph then wash. If you go to the gym you're likely to pick it up from t... more »
FrankenPC: I've got a crazy idea...some insane company creates a genetically modified corn. Then that corn spreads everywhere and, consequently, anyone who has ... more »
Klebert L. Hall: I always thought the red weed in War of the Worlds was one of the better, creepier features. -Kle. more »
AmishJohn: I'm not worrying until they get to Gamma Rays. more »
Dr Emilio Lizardo: To a large extent, your concerns about plasma creating super bugs are not valid, just as concerns that detergent based antimicrobial hand soaps causin... more »
J_Frank_Parnell: See post RE: Biotech Apocolypse more »
Makidian: I got Queen City Jazz from a garage sale when I was 12 or so, I love the shit out of that book and possibly moreso becuse it is set in Cincy so it was... more »
Roklimber: Brain dissection of the world's best-known amnesiac to be streamed live CNN article: [edition.cnn.com] UC San Diego research institution doing the d... more »
Bootknife-Jackson: the next upgrade needs a rocket propelled fist launching funtion more »
tamoko: Ribofunk, by Paul Di Filippo... not exactly a biotech apocalypse, but it's got some concepts that I still can't get out of my head, years after readin... more »
Vulcan Has No Moon: I would like to order a stampeding herd of carnivorous, genetically engineered cows with a side of man-eating, Seymour-type killer plants. Medium wel... more »
Roklimber: Disappointing as it was, the made-for-TV remake of The Andromeda Strain had an interesting idea along the lines that you're referring to. Not quite as... more »
Post-Nuked: Ah, nothing spurs interplanetary tourism like fart lakes. more »
Smeagol92055: How trippy must that be to not only watch a hand across the room move in response to your thoughts, but to actually feel through it as well. Call me ... more »
Makidian: I would remove my legs for cybernetic replacements in a heartbeat. No more pain and restored functionality... more »

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Could New Therapies For Drug-Resistant Staph Help To Breed Even Worse Mutant Super-Bacteria?
Antibiotic-resistant staph bugs are a terrifying prospect: a potentially deadly skin infection that resists most traditional treatments. But now, researchers think they've found a weapon against MRSA: hitting it with low-temperature plasma. More »
#stealthispitch

Give Me A Biotech Apocalypse That I Can Believe In
So Hollywood trashed the world in 2012, and scourged it in The Road. But neither apocalypse delivered the sweet tang of satisfaction. That's because what the Earth needs now are life-distorting biotech mutation stories. Here's why. More »
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Luke Skywalker's Robotic Hand Comes Even Closer to Reality
Are we coming upon the era of bionic limbs? Another company has created a robotic hand that can be controlled by the wearer's thoughts and restores tactile sensation — and the subject claims it feels almost like a real hand. More »
#exoclimate

The Mystery of Titan's Methane Lakes - Solved?
Saturn's atmosphere-shrouded moon Titan is dotted with methane lakes, giving it a geography like Saskatchewan or the Great Lakes region in the US. But why are all the lakes grouped in the northern hemisphere of the moon? More »
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Paralyzed By Light
Just one beam of ultra-violet light left this nematode worm completely paralyzed. A second beam of visible-spectrum light allowed it to move again. That's right - scientists have created behavioral "light switches," a way to control animals with light. More »
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Mice With Two Mothers and No Father Live Longer
What happens when mammals have two mothers? In the case of mice, it seems that they live longer than mice with one male and one female parent. It could help explain why women typically live longer than men. More »
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Naked Mole Rats' Latest Superheroic Feat: Surviving Without Oxygen
Ugly though they may be, the naked mole rat might be the animal kingdom's greatest superhero. And their most recently discovered superpower — the ability to survive lengthy periods of oxygen deprivation — could help save human brains. More »
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Vat-Grown Meat Alive in the Lab, But Not Ready to Eat
Want real meat that's completely cruelty free? For the first time, scientists have grown a pork chop in a laboratory, a breakthrough that could lead to a future of meat that could be harvested without killing animals. More »
#deepsealife

Beautiful and Terrifying Creatures From The Edge Of Light
Deep in the ocean, beyond where light reaches, thousands of new species are being documented by the Census Of Marine Life. From the tiny and adorable to the nightmarish, all of these creatures from the Cthulian depths are entrancing. More »
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New Evidence Points to Fossilized Life on Mars
Thirteen years ago, a team of researchers studying the Allan Hills meteorite found evidence that the rock might contain fossils of Martian bacteria. Now, fresh evidence makes a stronger case that Mars once contained life very similar to Earth bacteria. More »
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Lava Caves Filled with the Most Beautiful Excrement in the World
For years, scientists believed that the colorful deposits found in lava caves around the world were mineral deposits, but more recently they've discovered that the collections — ranging from blue-green drips to shimmering pink hexagons — are actually microbe poop. More »
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Undeterred by Time-Traveling Saboteurs, the LHC Begins Colliding
Take that, bread-dropping bird. Despite numerous delays and the suggestion that the Large Hadron Collider is being sabotaged from the future, the LHC is up and running. And, for the very first time, it has collided two proton beams. More »
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Gene Therapy Creates Superstrong Monkeys
It's not quite a supersoldier serum, but researchers have increased strength and muscle mass in monkeys with a small genetic tweak. And human trials for the technique are just on the horizon. More »
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Get Ready for the Next Generation of Painkillers
Why do injuries continue to hurt, even when they are healing? New research reveals why we feel certain kinds of post-injury pain - and possibly how to stop it. More »
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Synthetic Bacteria Can Reveal Landmines
Tailor-made microbes could save thousands of lives a year in poor nations, but not in the way you would think. A new breed of bioengineered bacteria can spot buried explosives. More »
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The Strange Case of a Goat That Lived Like a Reptile
The now-extinct Myotragus balearicus, or "mouse goat," stood a mere 19 inches high, but its small stature is by no means its most unusual trait. Paleontologists have determined that this diminutive goat had more in common with reptiles than mammals. More »
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French Scientists Working to Create Swine-Bird Superflu
Looking toward the worst case scenario for the swine flu pandemic, virologists in Lyon are attempting to create a virus as contagious as swine flu and as deadly as avian flu. Is it time to call in Bruce Willis yet? More »
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One Gene Tweak Could Make Chimps Talk
The reason why humans speak and chimps don't is dependent on one gene, called FOXP2. New research reveals more about how humans' FOXP2 leads to speech. Could genetic engineering on chimps bring on a Planet of the Apes scenario? More »
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Mastectomy Patients Could Soon Regrow Their Own Breasts
Implants could soon be a thing of the past. Researchers have developed a new technique to regrow breasts on pigs using their own tissue — and it's ready to be tested on human mastectomy patients. More »
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Coming Soon: Artificial Gecko Feet, Microcellular Scaffolds, And Programmable Matter!
Are you ready for surfboard-shaped nanotech? How about solar panels that rely on light being a wave instead of a particle to set up a current? The American Vacuum Society (AVS)'s San José symposium unveiled dozens of material-science breakthroughs. More »

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