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British Academy To Look Into Ethics of Human-Animal Genetic Hybrids

By Stuart Fox Posted on 11.10.2009 16 Comments
When former President Bush mentioned human-animal hybrids during a State of the Union speech in 2006, most of the audience probably sat scratching their heads for a second. However, in the years since then, transplanting human genes into animals, whether to make better milk or study human diseases, has become a bigger and bigger issue. Now, a year after English scientists implanted human stem cells into bovine egg cells, Britain's Academy of Medical Sciences has launched a study to determine the ethics of creating human/animal hybrids.

11.16.2009 at 03:21pm - Comment by scubasdsteve87

i have to agree with animemaster i want my kawaii neko girls. no lolis tho....
Technology

Scientists Test First Universal Programmable Quantum Computer

By Jeremy Hsu Posted on 11.16.2009 5 Comments
Physicists have been taking baby steps toward creating a full-fledged quantum computer faster and more powerful than any computer in existence, by making quantum processors capable of performing individual tasks. Now a group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed the world's first universal programmable quantum computer that can run any program that's possible under the rules of quantum mechanics.

11.16.2009 at 03:18pm - Comment by scubasdsteve87

So if computing power doubles every 2 years... What happens when we get quantum computers with almost unlimited computing power. Just imagine games on your screen so real, that there are no longer polygons, where there is an actual sun in the game 8 seconds (at lightspeed) away and every light particle could be rendered and affect each and every molecule in game. Just imagine gravity fields so realistic in said games, you don't get whiners about hyperphysics. Imagine the bullet, of the fake .50cal, and how makes the cement wall move around it, then the kevlar vest, and finally its intended target. Not just gaming too. Imagine a single unit inside a 100 story building the size of your current CPU tower. Now imagine that single cpu handing 300 programs on 400 computers in all 100 stories. Imagine it making almost no sound and chances are, needing no cooling. Once this Technology becomes viable, soon the once impossible computing abilities will become finally possible.
Technology

Dutch Hacker Holds Jail-Broken iPhones Hostage, Demands Ransom Or The Gadget Gets It

By Stuart Fox Posted on 11.3.2009 13 Comments
The media generally portrays hacker as criminals going after law-abiding computer users, but one Dutch hacker has turned his sights on more fertile prey: other less-skilled, or even aspirational hackers. Like a digital stickup boy, he has remotely kidnapped illegally (according to Apple) jailbroken iPhones in the Netherlands, holding them hostage for five Euros.

11.4.2009 at 01:43am - Comment by scubasdsteve87

There's also a reason I don't waste money on Apple... they cant say its windows operating system that are insecure now
Technology

Dutch Hacker Holds Jail-Broken iPhones Hostage, Demands Ransom Or The Gadget Gets It

By Stuart Fox Posted on 11.3.2009 13 Comments
The media generally portrays hacker as criminals going after law-abiding computer users, but one Dutch hacker has turned his sights on more fertile prey: other less-skilled, or even aspirational hackers. Like a digital stickup boy, he has remotely kidnapped illegally (according to Apple) jailbroken iPhones in the Netherlands, holding them hostage for five Euros.

11.4.2009 at 01:42am - Comment by scubasdsteve87

@ animemaster I don't mean this to be offensive, but if you are gonna call hackers retards, then you should at least spell the consequence correctly.
Science

Could a Human Beat a T. Rex In Arm Wrestling?

By Posted on 10.23.2009 8 Comments
“First, we’re assuming that the T. rex won’t just eat the person, right?” asks Jack Conrad, a vertebrate paleontologist at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Right. This is a sanctioned match, and killing your opponent is strictly against the rules. Who's coming out on top?

10.23.2009 at 11:08am - Comment by scubasdsteve87

Being a dino nerd i LOVE this article. but why is pop sci wasting its time posting something so trivial?
Technology

China Designs Indigenous UAV Stealth Fighter, and Bootlegs Some US Models

By Posted on 10.15.2009 33 Comments
When I hear the phrase "knock-off Chinese products", I usually think of either the bootleg DVDs I get on the subway or the cheap electronics I get in Midtown. But a new report in Defense Professionals notes that the Chinese military has channeled that same skill for replication towards closing their UAV technology gap. By simply copying US technology, China has created a stock of advanced drones, and gained the technical knowledge to create some interesting native UAVs as well.

10.16.2009 at 12:57am - Comment by scubasdsteve87

@ starwing123 I'm not gonna get into an argument and say you are wrong and that communism is bad, but as far as we know, it is. You don't see democratic societies slaughtering it's people for saying bad stuff about the government and blocking websites about taiwan. But enough about this. I'm glad China is doing this, its like a good wordly competition. Necessity is the mother of invention. As long as someone else keeps pushing, you need to push harder. Let them have their stealth drones, now the rest of the world will push harder for the next level beyond drones. As long as the US government keeps up its desire to be #1, then I see no threat in remaining #1
Science

Superheavy Element 114's Synthesis Confirmed, Dashes Hopes of "Island of Stability"

By Stuart Fox Posted on 9.29.2009 3 Comments
More than 10 years after Russian scientists first claimed to create atoms of Ununquadium, the unstable element in position 114 on the periodic table, scientists at Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory have confirmed their own element 114 sample. Unfortunately, the 114 atoms quickly decayed, dashing years of hope that element 114 occupied the long sought "island of stability" where super-heavy elements could exist in large quantities for long periods of time.

10.1.2009 at 01:59pm - Comment by scubasdsteve87

Superheavy elements... What would these become of they actually existed for long periods of time? Metal? Gas? Now if the radiation would disappear faster... Could you imagine a super heavy element, a metal so dense, packed so tight with these super heavy elements, creating super dense materials, that all lighter elements wouldn't be able to even scratch it? Granted it would be heavy, but imagine a tank on earth composed of such a material. Or, imagine in space (no weight) and battle space craft made out of this. The country owning the ability to make this material would be invincible. Perhaps wolverines anamantium (anamanthium, anamanteum, you know what im talking about) could be created. Also coming to mind, the movie Predator 2. The spear they locate in the air vent. Stronger than any earth metal, yet light as a feather. What if this could be created as well? Nothing of that sort exists on our periodic table yet. The possibilities are endless!!!!!!!!
Science

What's It Like to Name An Element on the Periodic Table?

By Stuart Fox Posted on 6.26.2009 9 Comments
It's one of the most hallowed clubs in all of science--the lucky few who have discovered and named an element on the periodic table. After stabilizing and observing the latest addition to chemistry's constitution, element number 112, Sigurd Hofmann and his team will have the chance to make their mark. And despite element naming's bitterly contentious history (very bitter, actually), Sigurd isn't sweating it much.

6.29.2009 at 01:46pm - Comment by scubasdsteve87

@ imongi @ zerobass The new materials we are creating have no particular use. They are super heavy and so unstable they last for less than a nano second. And the radiation isnt a desired effect. The only way to get these super heavy elements is to use radioactive elements.
Science

New Steps Towards A Real Invisibility Cloak

By Rebecca Boyle Posted on 5.11.2009 24 Comments
Ouch, Harry Potter. Your new movie doesn't premiere for two months, yet real scientists are already one-upping you Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Cornell University both said last week they've designed invisibility cloaks that work in the visible-light spectrum. OK, so they're not big enough to cover a budding young wizard sneaking around at night, but hey, it's a step.

5.12.2009 at 03:24am - Comment by scubasdsteve87

I am so ready for cloaking technology. If we can get this technology and keep it for ourselves, the military applications are almost endless. Entire military units unseen advancing toward a target. Snipers, though already unseen, hundreds of yards away, have another layer making them invisible to the naked eye. And its none of that video game crap, that when you take a shot you are visible for a quarter of a second. You take a shot and you are still invisible. But also just think of the civilian applications. A car windshield made out of high strength metal polymers. Completely invisible thanks to this technology, MILLIONS of lives saved because nobody goes through windshields any more. Hell if hitting metal seems to painful, put shock absorbing padding on it and cloak the padding. The sad truth, however with this technology, is that one day it WILL fall into the hands of criminals. Burglars, rapists, murderers. But hey, that's the way the cookie crumbles.
Science

She Wore Green Setae

By M. Farbman Posted on 3.19.2009 2 Comments
The movie Blue Velvet was creepy and sexy and intriguing and uncomfortable, but it ain't got nothing on Isabella Rossellini's roles as various sorts of horny insects and other small creatures. In the bizarre Green Porno series, she explains their reproductive habits, complete with lurid close-ups, costumes, moans and first-person narratives. Here she is as a bee, snail, earthworm, spider and dragonfly. Fans of the series will be overjoyed to hear that Green Porno 2 is on its way. According to Ms. Rossellini, upcoming episodes deal with sea creatures, so hopefully we'll get some more on the joys of squid sex. And think how pretty she'd be as a one of the newly found rainbow jellyfish! I have no idea how jellyfish reproduce, so I'd watch that episode. "The animals that live in the ocean are so different than us. In their sexual behavior, marine creatures are even more scandalous than bugs," she says. Also in today's links: more animal sex, chimps seeking honey, and a science minister who tried to dodge the evolution question.

3.19.2009 at 03:43pm - Comment by scubasdsteve87

I don't care how crude, uneducated, and stupid this sounds. But all I have to say about that woman's work is... WHAT THE F***!!! Get a real life and a real job lady. You wont be teaching my future kids jack squat about anything...