From: Max M (maxmcorp@worldonline.dk)
Date: Sat Dec 21 2002 - 07:12:21 MST
[www.futureport.dk/news] Summary - 2002-21-12 (7 articles)
Swift - Online Newsletter of the JREF
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[Skeptiscism] Found by: maxm
http://www.randi.org/jr/122002.html
Teller of Bad Fortunes, No Santa Claus?, Politically Incorrect
Astrology, the Sulphur Queen, Newton Lumps, Eclipse Data, Cheri Blair
Again, More Ark Stuff, Andrus Illusion, and Happy Solstice!
TechNoSchool
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[Self transformation] Found by: maxm
http://www.techcentralstation.com/1051/techwrapper.jsp?PID=1051-250&CID=1051-122002B
So what will technology bring us in the future? I've been reading
Visions 2020: Transforming Education and Training Through Advanced
Technologies. Ideas in the Commerce Department report, which is a
collection of predictions from various techno-seers, will be used to
create a National Educational Technology Plan.
By repairing vessels, bone marrow cells slow atherosclerosis in mice
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[Health] Found by: maxm
http://www.lef.org/news/aging/2002/12/19/eng-newsrx/eng-newsrx_103710_1140712738694418994.html
Duke University Medical Center researchers have shown that an
age-related loss of specific stem cells that continually repair damage
to blood vessels is critical to determining the onset and progression of
atherosclerosis.
Researchers warn biotech advances could be misused by terrorists
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[Politics] Found by: maxm
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2002-12/jhub-rwb122002.php
The same scientific advances in biotechnology, genetics, and medicine
that are intended to improve life could also be used to develop
biological weapons capable of causing mass destruction, according to
researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's
Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies.
Hubble sees birth of tiny 'Pox' galaxy
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[Space] Found by: maxm
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/space/12/20/hubble.tiny.galaxy.reut/index.html
A tiny, late-blooming galaxy
a distorted clump of gas and stars whose development lags far
behind its galactic cousins -- has been captured in Hubble Space
Telescope images released this week.
Lifesaving Embryo Screening Derailed by Conservative Advocacy Group
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[Politics] Found by: maxm
http://www.betterhumans.com/News/news.aspx?articleID=2002-12-20-3
A conservative bioethics advocacy group has prevented a UK couple from
using embryo screening to save the life of their seriously ill child.
Wound Healing Drug to Enter Clinical Trials
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[Health] Found by: maxm
http://www.betterhumans.com/News/news.aspx?articleID=2002-12-20-2
Human trials of a novel wound healing drug are set to begin following
acceptance of an application by the US Food and Drug Administration.
-- hilsen/regards Max M http://www.futureport.dk/ Fremtiden, videnskab, skeptiscisme og transhumanisme
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