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Mar 10, 2020

Wait, What? The First Human-Monkey Hybrid Embryo Was Just Created in China

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, ethics

The news did not sit well with Chinese scientists, who are still recovering from the CRISPR baby scandal. “It makes you wonder, if their reason for choosing to do this in a Chinese laboratory is because of our high-tech experimental setups, or because of loopholes in our laws?” lamented one anonymous commentator on China’s popular social media app, WeChat.

Their frustration is understandable. Earlier in April, a team from southern China came under international fire for sticking extra copies of human “intelligence-related” genes into macaque monkeys. And despite efforts to revamp its reputation in biomedical research ethics, China does have slacker rules in primate research compared to Western countries.

If you’re feeling icked out, you’re not alone. The morality and ethics of growing human-animal hybrids are far from clear. But creepiness aside, scientists do have two reasons for wading into these uncomfortable waters.

Mar 10, 2020

‘Primitive’ Stem Cells Shown to Regenerate Blood Vessels in The Eye

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Human vascular progenitor cells (green), made from Zambidis’ lab-grown naive stem cells, engraft into blood vessels (red) in a mouse retina. Credit: Elias Zambidis, Johns Hopkins Medicine.

Mar 10, 2020

Someone Will Eventually Use CRISPR to Try to Make a Dragon or Unicorn

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

O„.o.


So much emphasis has been placed on human genome editing that other types of genetic editing are falling through the cracks.

Mar 10, 2020

DARPA teams with Northrop Grumman to build robotic service satellite

Posted by in categories: government, robotics/AI, satellites

DARPA has entered into a partnership with Northrop Grumman subsidiary Space Logistics LLC to develop robotic technologies for servicing and extending the service lives of orbital satellites. Based on the Mission Extension Vehicle-1 (MEV-1), which recently docked with a communication satellite in geosynchronous orbit, the technology will be used by the agency’s Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program to develop a dexterous robotic servicer that would be operated by private companies.

Founded in 2016, the RSGS program completed a Payload Critical Design Review in 2019 and is developing key technologies in the run up to the first space launch scheduled for 2023. As part of this effort, DARPA says it is funding the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) to bring together components like the robotic manipulator arms, a variety of interchangeable tools, cameras, sensors, software, and avionics into a functioning robotic payload.

Meanwhile, Space Logistics will provide the spacecraft bus based on the MEV and integrate the robotic payload, as well as providing launch and orbital operation services. Once the spacecraft has been checked out and demonstrated its capabilities, the technology will be marketed to commercial and government organizations.

Mar 10, 2020

17 Responsible Live Visualizations About The Coronavirus, For You to Use

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Always up-to-date numbers about the COVID-19 cases that you can embed in your own articles.

Mar 10, 2020

Can laser light therapy actually cure pain? We wanted to find out

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, sex

Proponents of the technology claim it can get people off of opioids, improve their sex lives, and make them smarter. Critics say it’s bunk.

Mar 10, 2020

University of Washington coronavirus puzzle game aims to crowdsource a cure

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, entertainment, transhumanism

Foldit is crowdsourcing a cure and needs lots new players. All Transhumanist should participate.


The University of Washington is taking a novel approach to combat the spread of coronavirus around the world.

A new puzzle game from the university challenges scientists and the public alike to build a protein that could block the virus from infiltrating human cells. The game is on Foldit, a 12-year-old website created by the university’s Center for Game Science designed to crowdsource contributions to important protein research from more than 200,000 registered players.

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Mar 10, 2020

Life Extension Humor

Posted by in categories: humor, life extension

A little of humor: with rejuvenation technologies, I would have much more time and health to do things like this! How could I get bored? And I want to be a player in the football world cup of 2200 as well…

Mar 10, 2020

Scientists may be ‘on the cusp’ of a universal flu vaccine

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

We may be one step closer to a universal flu vaccine, according to a new study.

Mar 10, 2020

Top Ancient Sites for Stargazing

Posted by in category: futurism

From petroglyphs to castles carved into hilltops, explore our night sky through our ancestors at these amazing archaeological sites.