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BBC - Wealthy people are able to select elements of their offsprings genetic makeup by 2050. NBF - Selection based on genetic makeup will occur by 2023 for pre-implantation and by 2030 for selection of the egg or sperm via non-destructive methods an

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The BBC makes the prediction that we will possibly build a building as tall as ten thousand meters or as tall as Mount Everest. My real problem with that idea is that assuming it is possible, just why would we actually do it? There are far too many

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Elizabeth Norton via WIRED.com

Despite the advances made against many types of cancer, pancreatic cancer remains grimly resistant to treatment. Only about 4% of patients survive for 5 years, mainly because of the disease’s vicious ability to metastasize.

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John Pavlus via TechnologyReview.com

The designers of the Pebble watch realized that a mobile phone is more useful if you don’t have to take it out of your pocket.

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Anne Trafton via TechnologyReview.com

Thirty-four million people in the world are infected with HIV. Only eight million have access to life-saving drugs, and there’s no effective vaccine. Researchers at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard won’t rest until they find one.

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