chimera, humanized organs, medical ethics, science and technology, synthetic embryos

How Pigs With Human Brain Cells And Biological Chips Cheat Scientific Ethics

Earlier this month, scientists at the Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health announced they had successfully grown “humanized” kidneys inside pig embryos. The scientists genetically altered the embryos to remove their ability to grow a kidney, then injected them with human stem cells. The embryos were then implanted into a sow and allowed to develop ...

Troy Oakes

Living cells.

New Technology Makes It Possible to Clearly See Through Murky Water

Researchers have developed a new method that can automatically produce clear images so you can see through murky water. The new technology could be useful for searching for drowning victims, documenting submerged archaeological artifacts, and monitoring underwater farms. Being able to clearly see through murky water is extremely challenging because the water and the particles ...

Troy Oakes

A murky river.

A Laser Pointer Could Hack Your Voice-Controlled Virtual Assistant

From a distance of more than 300 feet and through a glass window, a laser pointer can trick a voice-controlled virtual assistant like Siri, Alexa, or Google Assistant into behaving as if it registered an audio command, researchers from the University of Michigan and the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo have demonstrated. The researchers discovered ...

Troy Oakes

A voice-controlled virtual assistant.

Study: Scientific Reproducibility Is Not Scientific Truth

Reproducible scientific results are not always true and true scientific results are not always subject to reproducibility, according to a mathematical model produced by University of Idaho researchers. Their study, which simulates the search for that scientific truth, was published in the journal PLOS ONE. Independent confirmation of scientific results — known as reproducibility — ...

Troy Oakes

Running a scientific experiment.

Leaked Report Discloses China’s Preparations to Fight a New Cold War

A New Cold War is brewing in China. Recently, the Chinese blogtalk “Voice of Hope” revealed the contents of an internal document produced by the Development and Research Center of the Shenzhen Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China. The report is authored by Wu Sikang, the director of the Development and Research Center, ...

Nspirement Staff