The pandemic, the war against the coronavirus, and the hygiene panic may be evolving with tools and methods that would have seemed inconceivable just a short time ago, but this …
The “dual use”
The chinese biotechnology lab in Wuhan may be cursed as “responsible” for the spread of covid-19 by the US regime, but it’s not unknown to it at all. EcoHealth Alliance, …
mRNA vaccines: the nanoparticles in genetic missions
On the 5th of last May, as part of the first world was gradually transitioning from the phase of ordered home confinement to a gradual “loosening of the straps,” the …
Distance learning
The technology exists and is used to the fullest. For money: university-level distance education had been welcomed as a liberation of access to prestigious institutions for people from remote parts …
medical politics: health or freedom (and death!)
When the medical uniform becomes an epitrachelion and the caduceus a state thyreos It is indeed impressive that the coronavirus managed to achieve such a degree of disciplinary unity that …
Xenobot
The image we usually have of robots mostly includes a lot of plastic, a lot of metal, power cables, noisy motors and flashing pilots. This was and remains to a …
The unknown ancestor
It is certain that all humankind originated in Africa. It is also certain that our most recent genes are the result of interbreeding between the three versions of the original …
Delicate tasks
As for its looks, the german designed and IBM programmed CIMON-2 (the smiley plastic balloon on the left) does not claim any prizes. Though, it has a rich emotional (and …
Education at the threshold of the 4th industrial revolution
The education system as we know it is only about 200 years old. Before that, formal education was mostly reserved for the elite. But as industrialization changed the way we …
The smart surveillance weapons of the fourth world war
September 19, 2019: An attack by American drones in the Afghan province of Nangarhar resulted in the mass murder of 30 farm workers and the injury of another 40, while …
Emergency button
It has (or it say it has) 50 million users/customers worldwide. Perhaps they are not many. The online matchmaking app Tinder, and its owner, deserves to celebrate this accomplishment, establishing …
smart contracts: when bureaucracy becomes intelligent
Those who have visited the tax office for some procedural work, surely did not return with pleasant memories. With interesting stories and hair-raising details perhaps, but certainly not with an …