lock step

In 2012, the pandemic that the world had been anticipating for so many years finally struck. Unlike the 2009 H1N1, this new strain of flu—which originated from wild geese—was extremely …

Article 230

Twenty-six words in an article of a 1996 u.s. law allowed the internet to be what we know it to be; and in “content publishing” giants like google, facebook and …

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, …

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 …