Japan's government approved a request by scientists to conduct stem-cell experiments to create an animal-human hybrid and allow it to be brought to term. Japan's science ministry last week gave provisional approval to a proposal from researchers at the University of Tokyo to create animal embryos that contain human cells and transplant them into surrogate... Continue Reading →
A 3D-printed heart with blood vessels has been made using human tissue
The rabbit-sized heart was made from a patient’s own cells and tissues, using techniques that could help to increase the rate of successful heart transplants in future. How it worked: A biopsy of tissue was taken from patients, and then its materials were separated. Some molecules, including collagen and glycoproteins, were processed into a hydrogel, which... Continue Reading →
Driverless Electric Trucks Are Coming, and They’ll Affect You More Than You Think
Self-driving and electric cars just don’t stop making headlines lately. Amazon investedin self-driving startup Aurora earlier this year. Waymo, Daimler, GM, along with startups like Zoox, have all launched or are planning to launch driverless taxis, many of them all-electric. People are even yanking driverless cars from their timeless natural habitat—roads—to try to teach them to navigate forests and... Continue Reading →
We should start working less now to mentally prepare ourselves for automation
Your job is going to be automated. It’s just a question of time. Truck drivers and accountants will be the first to go, followed by blue-collar workers and then those wearing any color collar to work. Eventually nearly all of the labor market will shrink, save for a few primarily human roles such as prostitution, reporting, and... Continue Reading →
New bill allows Oregon students to take ‘mental health days’
Oregon will allow students to take "mental health days" just as they would sick days, expanding the reasons for excused school absences to include mental or behavioral health under a new law that experts say is one of the first of its kind in the U.S. But don't call it coddling. The students behind the... Continue Reading →
NASA’s mission system was hacked with $25 Raspberry Pi
According to the report, the hack took place back in 2018 with a Raspberry Pi device as cheap as $25. Would you believe that even NASA’s security systems aren’t as reliable as we deem them to be? In fact, it is possible to hack NASA’s laboratory using $25 Raspberry Pi, as was revealed by the... Continue Reading →
BuzzFeed journalists just walked off the job in 4 cities. Here’s why.
BuzzFeed News journalists are getting impatient. It’s been four months since they voted to form a labor union, but the company still hasn’t officially recognized them. Dozens of frustrated employees walked off the job Monday afternoon to protest the company’s delay in recognizing BuzzFeed News Union. Journalists in New York, San Francisco, Washington, DC, and... Continue Reading →
Cafe in Japan Hires Paralyzed People to Control Robot Servers
A cafe with an all-robot staff controlled by paralyzed people has opened in Tokyo. The cafe, called Dawn ver.β, held its ribbon cutting ceremony on Nov. 26. Ten people with conditions like ALS and other spinal cord injuries are currently employed at Dawn, according to Sankei. From home, they operate the OriHime-D, a 120-centimeter (4-foot)... Continue Reading →
Bricks Made From Human Waste Could Be The Future
An advantage of indoor plumbing is that you never have to think about what you flushed away. In urban areas, the contaminated water flows into sewer pipes to treatment plants. Sewage treatment plants produce thousands of tons of waste product every day, which ends up in landfills, dumped in the ocean and, in some cases,... Continue Reading →
