Well not exactly a rat brain, but a rat brain model instead. [URL=http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn12192-ratbrained-robot-thinks-like-the-real-thing.html]Have a look at the news here[/URL]. ...
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A talk on regenerative medicine
An excellent talk on the use of regenerative medicine to hack the human body to regenerate parts of it.
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Times have surely changed: a DIY guide for becoming a cyborg
The Free Geek has written a DIY ( Do It Yourself, you [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_erectus][i]H. erectus[/i][/URL] ) guide for helping you in your smooth transition to the next stage of human evolution: [I]H. cyborg[/I]. Read this excellent gui...
This is Synthia talking
Hello Earthlings,
This is [URL=http://www.etcgroup.org/en/materials/publications.html?pub_id=631]Synthia[/URL] talking to you. I am a new organism in this world. So, everything is new to me. But, I vaguely remember that my father (or maybe God, um...
Video of Rat Neurons flying a Jet Plane
Finally, I found the video on YouTube. Though I'm a bit unclear of the training mechanism for rat neurons, the video is a must watch nevertheless
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NewsWeek covers Synthetic Biology
See the article [URL=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18882828/site/newsweek/]here[/URL]. ...
Chimps better (read more evolved) than us
Read [URL=http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn11611&feedId=online-news_rss20]this news[/URL]. The researchers claim that chimps are more evolved than us. Then, how come they haven't yet invented the internet, blogs, wiki and blah. ๐ ...
A Youtube for Biology?
Check the [URL=http://www.labaction.com/]LabAction.com[/URL] site; it seems to be a real good platform to me. It is basically a Youtube for biology videos. Presently, as the site is new, there aren't many videos on the site. But if you have videos on Bi...
Bacteria not allowed to mutate
Read this [URL=http://biosingularity.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/bacteria-vs-humans-score-one-for-us/]news story[/URL]. The researchers claim to have found a molecule which prevents bacteria from mutating to become resistant to antibiotics.
How can a...
Tips for the young computational biologist (like me)
Read them [URL=http://boscoh.com/protein/notes-to-a-young-computational-biologist]here[/URL]. They are interesting and very practical. Though, I am not sure if I (will) follow all of them. ๐ ...