Got Water

post from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Blog on 19 May 2009 02:23:21 PM. © NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Blog

by Sue SmrekarDeputy Project ScientistA theme of Mars exploration is “Follow the Water,” since understanding the history of water on our planetary neighbor will help us understand if there were environments favorable for life to occur and how climate has changed over time. This is because all life on Earth requires water and we [...]

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Intestinal Implants make Cyborgs out of Diabetics

post from Singularity Hub on 19 May 2009 01:30:38 PM. © Singularity Hub

Modern medicine may not have reached the level of the Bionic Woman, but intestinal implants are turning more and more diabetics into low-grade cyborgs. The device in question is Enterra ®, a neurostimulator from Medtronic, that treats gastroparesis. This stomach disorder effects up to 1 in 5 diabetics and basically prevents food from progressing through [...]

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A Clinical Cure for Blindness Using Stem Cells

post from Singularity Hub on 19 May 2009 12:44:21 PM. © Singularity Hub

Old age is bliss. There?s a nest egg in the bank account and nothing needs to be done but spoil the grandchildren and watch Judge Judy. But, like a bad episode of the Twilight Zone, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) sets in and eyesight begins to fade until the grandchildren all look the same and the [...]

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Are antivaxxers liable for preventable deaths

Scott Hurst, a skeptic and JREF friend, has written an entry for Swift asking how much responsibility antivax mouthpieces like Meryl Dorey and Jenny McCarthy have for deaths caused by their rhetoric. It’s a solidly-written piece that is[...]

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