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New research shows that seabirds ingestion of the pollutant scars their insidesa new disease called plasticosisand may disturb their microbiomes.Source: Wired - Emerging technologies News
The neocortex is the seat of human intellect. New data suggests that mammals created it with new types of cells only after their evolutionary split from reptiles.Source: Wired - Emerging technologies News
Societys outdated ideas about what it means to be alive are obstructing progress on some of todays most pressing issues.Source: Wired - Emerging technologies News
Societys outdated ideas about what it means to be alive are obstructing progress on some of todays most pressing issues.Source: Wired - Emerging technologies News
The hard electrodes inserted into the brain to treat Parkinsons and paralysis damage the organs soft tissue. A new invention could change that.Source: Wired - Emerging technologies News
About a dozen such consumer tests are now on the market, but the science of reading DNA for insights about longevity is still young.Source: Wired - Emerging technologies News
One million species are at risk of extinction, but a handful of charismatic creatures get all the hype. A new conservation strategy has a different focus.Source: Wired - Emerging technologies News
One million species are at risk of extinction, but a handful of charismatic creatures get all the hype. A new conservation strategy has a different focus.Source: Wired - Emerging technologies News
A new kind of edgeless engineered tissue can fit any irregular shape, paving the way for hand and face grafts that look and move better.Source: Wired - Emerging technologies News
A new compound halts sperm in their tracks. Its fast-acting, temporary, hormone-free, and highly effectivein mice.Source: Wired - Emerging technologies News
Stretches of DNA that lock inherited traits together often accumulate harmful mutations. But they also hold genetic benefits for species.Source: Wired - Emerging technologies News
Research on new repellents and the viruses these insects carry relies on lab animals and human volunteers. What if there was a better option?Source: Wired - Emerging technologies News
These tiny organoids with working immune systems mimic the function of the GI tract and could be used to study intestinal diseases and drugs to treat them.Source: Wired - Emerging technologies News
Audacious plans to resurrect the long-extinct bird could be lucrative. But the moonshot raises thorny philosophical questions.Source: Wired - Emerging technologies News
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