No men Or women needed - making babies

" Human eggs and sperm have been grown in the laboratory in research which could change the face of parenthood. It paves the way for a cure for infertility and could help those left sterile by cancer treatment to...

Studies Show That Diet Coke May Kill

The artificial sweeteners that are in most diet drinks, such as diet Coke will kill you, eventually. The National Cancer Institute identified a significant and impressive increase in brain cancer starting in...

Artificial brain '10 years away' - End of the human race?

" A detailed, functional artificial human brain can be built within the next 10 years, a leading scientist has claimed. Henry Markram, director of the Blue Brain Project, has already simulated elements of a rat...

An artificial heart for just $2500, Hope for millions

Milllions of people die because of heart complcation in the west as well as east.This artificial heart at such a low cost can save millions of lives who were not in the position to afford.India is getting popular as low cost and world class health car faciilty and this...

Artificial snow in China closes 12 highways

Twelve major roads in Beijing were closed yesterday due to heavy snow falling on the capital. However, this snow was artificial as the clouds above were seeded with chemicals to make it snow. The northern province...

Artificial bone marrow created, Hope for millions

U.S scientist have developed a synthetic human bone marrow. This is the first successful artificial bone marrow." A University of Michigan lab has created artificial bone marrow that can continuously make red ...

Artificial heart ready for human trials by 2011

In a great scientific discovery which will benefit millions of people all over the world, Heart specialists have been able to create the artificial heart. The first entirely artificial heart should be ready for human trials 'within two and a half years'. The prosthetic...

Artificial trees capture solar and wind energy

" "A London-based startup called Solar Botanic announced yesterday that it has designed lifelike artificial plants and trees that harvest the power of the sun, wind and rain. The key to the company’s claim is its Nanoleaf— a supposed energy-capturing powerhouse....

Computers figuring out what words mean

They might be able to build an AI that can surf the Web for me, but no machine can replace me until it learns to pay taxes, complain, gossip and contribute to economic growth by shopping. ""We have taught the computer virtually all the meanings of words and phrases in the...

Stanford's 'autonomous' helicopters teach themselves to fly

Scratch another one off the list of "things only humans can do". This is not even a full artificial "intelligence"; it just learns how to compute data and algorithyms to fly a remote control helicopter, beaming instructions by radio signal 20 times a second. However, that...

Fireflies in decline as natural habitats are destroyed

The little blinking lights of fireflies are getting harder and harder to see lately.Urban delvelopment, pollution and artificial lights are all causing the numbers of the tiny insects to decline at a rapid...

Making waves in Boscombe

BOSCOMBE, DORSET - Construction has begun on Europe's first artificial surf reef, 225 meters off the Dorset coast at Boscombe.  This will be only the fourth such structure in the world and is the...

Ban on fake grass now in review

I can not seem to wrap my head around the image of a city council setting down to discuss artificial grass and then banning it. Good people getting in trouble for trying to do good things....."Residents seek to...

Daughter from Austria incest case reunited with family

Kerstin Fritzl, from the Austria cellar, has reunited with her family.  It was reported yesterday on NowPublic that she woke up from the coma she was in.  That coverage can be seen...

Wife of Fritzl returns to visit the "dungeons"

The wife of Josef Fritzl is reported to have returned to the house and visited the dungeon in which her daughter was confined. Collecting toys and belongings from the underground cells,"she spent about an hour at...

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