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![Researchers Discover Proteins That Help One Cell Become Two [Mad Science]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/d/7/8/1/0/d/f/a/1/d/7db83f22b4103aba8ff832.jpeg) |
Researchers Discover Proteins That Help One Cell Become Two [Mad Science]io9 - 17 hours ago This is an image of a cell ripping itself apart, turning itself from one cell into two daughter cells. Scientists have long known what this process looks like, but still know little about many chemical processes that … Also tagged: medicine, science, biology, protein, cytokinesis |
![GMO Square Trees Are Ready to Become Lumber [Mad Science]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/0/1/5/1/8/a/d/a/7/5/f7a1ceaff5af0b81afd72d.jpeg) |
GMO Square Trees Are Ready to Become Lumber [Mad Science]io9 - 18 hours ago If we can make square tomatoes, why not square trees that are ready to chop into lumber? That's why the concept designers at Draw Me a Sheep have created this "square tree" sculpture - to suggest a way that lumber … Also tagged: art, sculpture, concept art |
![Denmark's Kinder, Gentler System of Eugenics [Social Control]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/d/7/e/b/0/f/d/4/5/8/a1f38e739aa76fa141a6a7.jpeg) |
Denmark's Kinder, Gentler System of Eugenics [Social Control]io9 - Dec 1, 2008 A new pre-natal screening program in Denmark has halved the number of babies with Down's Syndrome. The success of the program, undeniably a form of eugenics, raises a number of questions about how far people should go … Also tagged: medicine, science, eugenics, social control |
![What to Get Your Favorite Mad Scientist for the Holidays [Scifi Gift Guide]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/b/c/6/8/5/7/b/e/4/6/b3c12a2afbabcae40290a9.jpeg) |
What to Get Your Favorite Mad Scientist for the Holidays [Scifi Gift Guide]io9 - Nov 26, 2008 Wondering what to get that mad scientist in your life for the holidays? We've got some ideas that will keep an evil mastermind occupied in the lab for days on end - and will of course result in world domination. Or at … Also tagged: technology, science, feature, top, scifi gift guide |
![Treatment Could Make Women Live 30 Percent Longer, and Stay Fertile Too [Mad Science]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/4/9/6/e/9/3/a/9/7/1/ce542ec3fb5cbadaea5c31.jpeg) |
Treatment Could Make Women Live 30 Percent Longer, and Stay Fertile Too [Mad Science]io9 - Nov 24, 2008 It turns out that having children at an advanced age won't kill you - instead, it might mean you'll live up to 30 percent longer than average. A group of researchers at the University of California discovered this odd … |
![You Will Soon Be Watched Underwater by a Robotic Tuna [Mad Science]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/d/d/5/c/5/6/b/1/2/5/4370b4f0d330eeeae31297.jpeg) |
You Will Soon Be Watched Underwater by a Robotic Tuna [Mad Science]io9 - Nov 23, 2008 When you think of autonomous, unmanned spy vehicles, you probably imagine the telltale shape of a small aircraft overhead, and the suspicious sound of whirring propellers. Spy vehicles, however, aren't just for the sky … Also tagged: robotics, biomimetics, olin college, mad robotics, ghostswimmer, boston engineering, robotuna |
![Paralyzed Man Speaks Again Using Brain Implant [Mad Science]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/c/c/6/4/5/3/d/b/9/a/c597cb56fe8ed3fded5158.jpeg) |
Paralyzed Man Speaks Again Using Brain Implant [Mad Science]io9 - Nov 21, 2008 A man suffering from "locked in" syndrome, where a fully-conscious person is completely paralyzed except for some eyelid movements, is using a brain implant to generate vowel sounds via a computer. Doctors working with … Also tagged: science, neuroscience, brains, getty, brain implant |
io9 - Nov 21, 2008
In a few years, dairy farmers will be able to order special genetically-modified cows that produce 20% more milk than common cows. Researchers in Argentina have developed a strain of cow that produces extra bovine …
![A Step-By-Step Guide to Resurrecting the Woolly Mammoth [Mad Science]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/8/f/4/4/0/6/0/d/5/8/65610ce57627fbd7969f0d.jpeg) |
A Step-By-Step Guide to Resurrecting the Woolly Mammoth [Mad Science]io9 - Nov 20, 2008 As our grasp of genetics and cloning grows, the one question everyone asks is, "When can we recreate an extinct species from old DNA?" It just so happens that scientists have quite a bit of woolly mammoth DNA lying … Also tagged: science, genetics, top, jurassic park, woolly mammoth, reversing extinction |
![Stem Cell Tissue Transplant Means Lab-Grown Faces Could Be Next [Mad Science]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/3/f/0/d/5/9/f/5/8/8/dd3e05b777cf61fb25c33a.jpeg) |
Stem Cell Tissue Transplant Means Lab-Grown Faces Could Be Next [Mad Science]io9 - Nov 19, 2008 The surgical world is abuzz today with news that a team has successfully given a woman a new trachea grown from her own stem cells. For others with damaged windpipes, it promises a future of transplants free from … Also tagged: science, face, transplant, stem cells |