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The below text is from a speech given by Hawking at TED in 2008. He expects that humans will be able to repair and alter themselves, which will create new political issues. That just happens to be the topic of

This is a fantastic step towards healing heart damage. “Doctors at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute announced the completion of the first procedure in which a patient’s own heart tissue was used to grow specialized heart stem cells that were then

From Wired: “By tracking individual cells in genetically modified salamanders, researchers have found an unexpected explanation for their seemingly magical ability to regrow lost limbs. Rather than having their cellular clocks fully reset and reverting to an embryonic state, cells

That’s a headline one doesn’t expect to see, yet that’s the conclusion some are reaching from a recent OECD and FAO report.

This month, the Federal Communications Commission begins drafting a national broadband plan as part of the 2009 stimulus package. This is not the first government attempt at broadband ubiquity, so the FCC can learn from past failures. The commissioners have

This video, recorded at the World Science festival, shows Nobel Prize winner Paul Nurse telling his fascinating family history. How is it that a brilliant scientist grew up in a family where no one else went to school past 15

From The Scientist (registration required): “New York has become the first and only state to opt to pay women for eggs donated for human embryonic stem cell research. The Empire State Stem Cell Board (ESSCB), which oversees New York’s $600

This article from the Singularity Hub is a fabulous roundup of the state of organ growing technology. Great job, Drew!

From the Singularity hub: “Researchers at the University of Twente in the Netherlands have created a prototype device that is capable of detecting viruses and bacterium within the body in a matter of minutes rather than the week or two

This is a good summary of David Sinclair’s work (purchased by GlaxoSmithKline) in Forbes Magazine. “Glaxo has concocted sirtuin boosters far more potent than resveratrol. Among other effects, the compounds lower blood sugar, and Glaxo is testing them to treat