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Phages, which treat disease without the threat of antibiotic resistance, may one day cure bacterial illnesses in livestock without threatening human health.
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Human microchipping may impact everything from medical treatments to online payments.
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Two eye drops could become a new way to manage presbyopia provide hope to those with farsightedness.
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Developments in organoid studies have made it possible to nearly re-create actual human organs.
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Researchers acknowledge that emphatic technology may help humans cope with daily life, but they also caution against its limitations and potential misuse.
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The science of cryonics, why hundreds are already frozen, and why more than a thousand others are signing up to be frozen at death.
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http://sacd.larc.nasa.gov/branches/space-mission-analysis-branch-smab/smab-projects/havoc/
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NASA
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https://www.quantumrun.com/qr_dev/node/18991
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Medical Xpress
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https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/talking-back/where-will-all-the-new-neuroscientists-go/
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Scientific American
Leaders in the field highlight the need for new career paths to accommodate a flood of PhDs
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https://newatlas.com/medical/cancer-flash-radiation-treatment-protons/
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New Atlas
Radiation therapy is currently our best shot at treating cancer, but healthy cells often become unfortunate collateral damage. New research shows how the treatment can be made safer by reducing the time involved from weeks to seconds.
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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/aug/19/public-health-england-e-cigarettes-safer-than-smoking?CMP=share_btn_tw
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The Guardian
Government body says vaping can make ‘significant contribution to endgame of tobacco’ and raises concerns about length of licensing process
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016328717300137
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Science Direct
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https://qz.com/1040668/a-pirating-service-for-academic-journal-articles-could-bring-down-the-whole-establishment/
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Quartz
"For the first time, the overwhelming majority of scholarly literature is available gratis to anyone with an Internet connection."
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Several medical teams are researching how gene editing can permanently fix genes that cause hearing loss.
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https://www.labiotech.eu/medical/hiv-prevention-transgenic-rice/
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Labiotech
Researchers in Spain have created a strain of genetically-engineered rice that could provide a cheap alternative to produce medicines for HIV prevention.
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https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-green-burials-ct-20180705-story.html
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Hartford Courant
Anti-pollution, pro-environment green burials are increasingly popular in Connecticut, and one non-profit group wants to create a new green cemetery in this state.
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https://bigthink.com/ideafeed/genetic-engineering-will-create-super-intelligent-humans-within-a-decade
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Big Think
Because intelligence is such a strong genetic trait, rapidly advancing genetics research could result in the ability to create a class of super-intelligent humans one-thousand times higher in IQ than today's most brilliant thinkers.
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An Alzheimer's vaccine may soon hit the shelves, potentially saving millions of lives.
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https://slator.com/unlocking-secrets-language-ai-inter-language-vector-space/
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Slator
Interview with XTM International’s Rafał Jaworski on how interlanguage vector space impacts cost, delivery time, accuracy for linguists, LSPs
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https://twin-cities.umn.edu/news-events/new-research-could-help-millions-who-suffer-ringing-ears
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University of Minnesota
In the largest clinical trial of its kind, researchers show that combining sound and electrical stimulation of the tongue can significantly reduce tinnitus, commonly described as “ringing in the ears.” They also found that therapeutic effects can be sustained for up to 12 months post-treatment.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUj1-cPaFgo&feature=emb_logo
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Bloomberg QuickTake
Microgravity can be used to unlock old materials and make new ones in ways that can’t be replicated on Earth. Private companies know this, and are leading th...
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Climate change lawsuits: Holding corporations accountable for environmental damages