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Scientists ‘May Have Crossed Ethical Line’ in Growing Human Brains: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/oct/21/scientists-may-have-crossed-ethical-line-in-growing-human-brains #NeuroScience #Ethics #Biology #BCI
Neuroscientists may have crossed an “ethical rubicon” by growing lumps of human brain in the lab, and in some cases transplanting the tissue into animals, researchers warn. The creation of mini-brains or brain “organoids” has become one of the hottest fields in modern neuroscience. The blobs of tissue are made from stem cells and, while they are only the size of a pea, some have developed spontaneous brain waves, similar to those seen in premature babies. Many scientists believe that organoids have the potential to transform medicine by allowing them to probe the living brain like never before. But the work is controversial because it is unclear where it may cross the line into human experimentation. On Monday, researchers will tell the world’s largest annual meeting of neuroscientists that some scientists working on organoids are “perilously close” to crossing the ethical line, while others may already have done so by creating sentient lumps of brain in the lab. “If there’s even a possibility of the organoid being sentient, we could be crossing that line,” said Elan Ohayon, the director of the Green Neuroscience Laboratory in San Diego, California. “We don’t want people doing research where there is potential for something to suffer.”
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Tardigrade protein helps human DNA withstand radiation: https://www.nature.com/news/tardigrade-protein-helps-human-dna-withstand-radiation-1.20648 - https://www.livescience.com/tardigrade-dna-humans-to-survive-mars.html
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Solving the “Hard Problem”: Consciousness as an Intrinsic Property of Magnetic Fields: https://sacredneurology.com/2019/11/12/consciousness-is-an-intrinsic-property-of-magnetic-fields/ Image: Magnetotactic Bacteria
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In China, AI can now screen newborns for genetic disorders: https://www.techinasia.com/china-ai-screen-newborns-genetic-disorders
"Chinese scholars have developed AI-powered software that is geared to help screen newborns for genetic disorders through a facial scan. It was designed to detect more than 100 disorders with distinctive facial features"
The new Eugenics movement is as brain-dead as the old one. Scientists as a class are progressively morally bankrupt, following their owners. #Biology #ML #Biotech #SE #China
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A natural biomolecule has been measured acting like a quantum wave for the first time: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614688/a-natural-biomolecule-has-been-measured-acting-in-a-quantum-wave-for-the-first-time/ #Biology #Science #Biotech
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George Church and Eric Schmidt Talk Synthetic Biology at SynBioBeta 2019: https://synbiobeta.com/video-former-google-ceo-eric-schmidt-talks-synthetic-biology-at-synbiobeta-2019/
#Comment: A ceremony at high temple of materialism, in a country where techno-capital replaced religion, civil society & sanity. The stark irony of super wealthy Jeffrey Epstein friends discussing how to control the wonders of life with machines owned by very few - in search of profits & the illusive ghost in the shell. Joe Mengele laughing from his grave.
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A new bioeconomy for a sustainable Europe: https://ec.europa.eu/research/bioeconomy/
The European Commission has put forward an action plan to develop a sustainable and circular bioeconomy that serves Europe’s society, environment and economy.
Bioeconomy – The next phase of economic development: http://makingoftomorrow.com/
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What is Slime Mold and is it Intelligent?
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'Alarming' loss of insects and spiders recorded: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50226367 https://www.tum.de/nc/die-tum/aktuelles/pressemitteilungen/details/35768/ #ClimateChange #Insects #Biology
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Videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/mushcomb/videos
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Assorted Mushroom Links
- http://www.hokto-kinoko.com/
- http://www.hokto-kinoko.com/whats-kinoko/umami/
- Mushroom cultivation in Japan: http://www.wsmbmp.org/source/WSMBMP%20Bull%204-1-10.pdf
- Tiny Mushrooms, Big Business: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-03-21-fo-49460-story.html
- https://www.mushroombusiness.com/
- Global Enoki Mushroom Market 2018 Size, Trends, Industry Analysis, Leading Players & Future Forecast by 2023 : https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/global-enoki-mushroom-market-2018-size-trends-industry-analysis-leading-players-future-forecast-by-2023-2018-09-19
- https://mushroomcompany.com/farmsonline/
- #Regenerative #Garden #Biology #Mushroom
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Common pesticides found to starve fish ‘astoundingly fast’ by killing aquatic insects: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/31/fishery-collapse-confirms-silent-spring-pesticide-prophecy #Regenerative #Biology
Fishery collapse ‘confirms Silent Spring pesticide prophecy', suggests researchers in new Japanese study in Science, which showed an immediate plunge in insect and plankton numbers after introduction of neonicotinoid pesticides to rice paddies, rapidly followed by the collapse of fish populations.
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Underground fungal relationships key to thriving plants: https://phys.org/news/2019-10-underground-fungal-relationships-key.html #FFHCI #Biology #Garden
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Why plants panic when it rains: https://phys.org/news/2019-10-panic.html
UWA Professor Harvey Millar said after spraying plants with water and observing the effect, the researchers noticed a chain reaction in the plant caused by a protein called Myc2: "When Myc2 is activated, thousands of genes spring into action preparing the plant's defences. These warning signals travel from leaf to leaf and induce a range of protective effects. When a raindrop splashes across a leaf, tiny droplets of water ricochet in all directions. These droplets can contain bacteria, viruses, or fungal spores. A single droplet can spread these up to 10 metres to surrounding plants."
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Global distribution of earthworm diversity: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/366/6464/480/tab-pdf https://sci-hub.tw/https://science.sciencemag.org/content/366/6464/480/tab-pdf
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"Artificial intelligence will soon be able to decode your poop": https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/29/20937108/poop-database-ai-training-photo-upload-first-mit https://seed.com/poop/
Their website makes it quickly clear, that indeed these people are full of shit.
And by writing such a crap headline, this "journalist" made it clear she is full of shit.
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Can a Plant Remember?: https://www.worldsciencefestival.com/programs/intelligence-without-brains/ #FFHCI #Biology
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Here's Why Ants Are Practically Immune to Traffic Jams, Even on Crowded Roads: https://www.sciencealert.com/ant-roads-are-practically-immune-to-traffic-jams-even-when-it-gets-crowded #ML #Science #Biology
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Future of Food 18 | Lab-grown food – Wo liegt die Zukunft der Artificial Animal Products?
