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Worried that AI’s one day could make us their pets Elon Musk is teasing a new brain-hacking tech There’s no doubting that Elon Musk is…
NASA successfully sequences DNA in space, ushering in better healthcare for astranauts and a new era in space biology For the first time ever, DNA was…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Hundreds of millions of people suffer every day from chronic disease, pain and illness but now a new class of…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Scientists have found a new chemical that could help drug addicts forget they were ever addicted. In the cult-classic “Eternal…
Researchers have shown for the first time that our ancestors memories can be passed down in DNA
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Bandages that not just cover a wound but that help the damaged tissue regenerate faster will help improve peoples lives…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Geneticists are now capable of creating new forms of life that are completely resistant to all known viruses Geneticists…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF 3D printing could give infertile couples new hope Northwestern University scientists have created a prosthetic ovary using a 3D…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Being able to deliver drugs in situ within the human body precisely to the areas where they can do the…
Uzbekistan hunts for natural born winners To spot future olympians it’s common practice to wait to see if youngsters are actually good at any given…
Olympic teams used to look for marginal gains but now new technology gains appear to be anything but marginal Update [Aug 13 2016: 21.26GMT] Team GB…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Everything inside Team USA’s olympic training camp screams technology. Outside it was a beautiful spring day with Pikes Peak…
