Enhanced Humans and Biotech
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…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Mental preparation for the Olympic games has always been a crucial part of a sports persons training, now Olympians have turned…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In the not so distant future drugs cheats will give way to gene cheats, and WADA plans on catching them…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Noone will be sad to see the back of animal testing. Before a new drug or medical treatment can…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Once the stuff of science fiction movies scientists have managed to grow a (small) brain in a jar. Scientists…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Researchers around the world are racing to be first to create a viable cure for Cancer, now a team in…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Never visit the dentists again and eat all the sweet stuff you like. Marvellous! Scientists in the UK have…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF A lifetime of education might one day be condensed into minutes. Scientists believe they may have taken the first…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Questions are appearing over CRISPR’s ability to cure HIV. HIV can defeat efforts to cripple it with CRISPR gene…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Scientists are using the revolutionary gene editing technology CRISPR, dubbed the “Genesis Engine,” to treat, cure, and reverse a whole…
