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From cybercrime to bioprime?

Hacking a bionic prosthesis, DNA intelligence, rhinovirus spam is not a complete list of crimes that await us in the probable future.

18.09.2017
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Straight ahead

British scientists have criticized the truism: according to the authors of the article in the BMJ, a course of antibiotics in many cases can be drunk not to the end, but to relieve symptoms.

28.07.2017
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Prevention of dementia: speculative tips

The article published in the British journal Lancet is provocative: the authors admit that they are building a theory based on statistical modeling.

24.07.2017
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$100,000 for elephant mammoth

The American billionaire and one of the founders of the PayPal payment system, Peter Thiel, invested $ 100,000 in the work of the laboratory of Harvard geneticist George Church.

03.07.2017
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Doubtful doubt

The authors of the discovery of the "limit of life" consider the criticism of their work to be incorrect. They are sure that their opponents are using the wrong methods of analysis.

29.06.2017
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Korean folk antipokhmelin

Having studied everything that can be obtained from anti-intoxicating drugs in South Korea, Lee and his colleagues created a recipe that combines the advantages of all other folk remedies.

27.06.2017
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Canavero continues training

Four weeks after the treatment of the incision site with polyethylene glycol, the rats were already taking steps, while the control rats were practically unable to move.

19.06.2017
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Resurrection of the ReAnima Project

Scientists from BioQuark are preparing to resume dubious experiments on the "resurrection" of the brain of the deceased – this time in Latin America.

05.06.2017
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Extract from old relatives accelerates aging

Extracts from old or young relatives were added to the food of three model objects – yeast, fruit flies and mice. It turned out that all three species live longer on a "young" diet.

21.02.2017
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Do I need extra vitamin D in winter?

Some experts opposed the opinion of the authors, pointing out that the recommendations for admission are based on scientific data, others called the lack of vitamin D a pseudo-disease.

25.11.2016
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A new method of terraforming

Microbiologist Gary King believes that the astronaut's corpse is an ideal container for delivering bacteria and a basic set of organic matter to distant planets.

01.11.2016
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Let's remember the whole Wikipedia

The American startup Kernel has announced the beginning of the development of an implant to improve the memory and learning ability of people with disorders of these functions – for example, in Alzheimer's disease.

30.09.2016
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Should we be afraid of the future?

In France, the book "Transhumanism. Should we be afraid of the future?", which immediately caused widespread controversy – from enthusiastic "pros" to categorical "cons".

02.09.2016
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Do you want to try to get younger for $8,000?

The American startup Ambrosia has announced the start of paid clinical trials of rejuvenation techniques using blood plasma transfusion of young people.

23.08.2016
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The world of centenarians

If ever a person's life expectancy increases to several hundred years, it will entail a change in the entire way of life that we are accustomed to. The world will be different.

22.08.2016
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Brain Biohacking

Over the past few years, scientific studies of electrical stimulation of the brain have demonstrated that it can improve many cognitive functions of healthy people.

15.07.2016
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Lazarus or Frankenstein?

A group of scientists hopes to restore some of the basic brain functions of patients diagnosed with brain death with the intention of restoring their ability to breathe independently.

03.06.2016