It is an issue that we have highlighted (as much as we can) and not just once: the “processes” and decisions at the European Union level during the summer of …
Embryos from nothing?
The sensational reproduction of the announcement caused quite a shock (though one that is quickly forgotten). Israeli geneticists from the Weizmann Institute announced that they managed to create “something” that …
What does Marx say about gain-of-function research?
The title is provocative… Marx could not have known anything about gain-of-function research! He could not have known (or even imagined) the specific relationships between militarism, capitalist technology, and social …
No hell for experts
What are cells? “Tiny computers” says the dominant biotech dogma. Therefore, shouldn’t the “success” of a group of researchers from the Harvard Stem Cell Institute in finding (as they claim) …
Humans, bats, and the enemy of nature (the security complex knows biology… Do we?)
The recent (in September) disclosure, via a reliable insider / whistleblower, that the CIA bribed members of a special committee it had hired (to investigate the origin of the legendary …
Mechanical successes
It’s not only brain-implanted electronics like Neuralink that shape a nightmarish or hopeful (depending on one’s taste or interests) near future for the organic fusion of the living with the …
The hidden side of the ecological transition
Machines that perform calculations with complex algorithms, based on large amounts of data and extract smart-looking answers, are not only fed by the fragmented knowledge of their creators, but also …
What would Vladimir say?
They are viruses. They are called (and are) bacteriophages: they feed exclusively on bacteria. Given that many infections (in the human body), some particularly serious, are caused by bacteria, bacteriophages …
Big Bang: the farewell of a theory; (how sacred is science?)
The Big Bang theory will soon close a century of life – perhaps its obituary will coincide with the moment it retires into the history of human scientific conceptions. Its …
The empire of illusions
Is it perhaps the “dark side” of constantly evolving digital representation techniques, which will be controlled by some untouchable “public authorities”? Or is it simply a constituent, structural element of …
A very peppy poplar
A biotechnology company in California that aims to create fast-growing trees that can quickly absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide announced its first experimental results: the company’s genetically enhanced poplars grew more …
Big tricks (and expensive)
When it was announced, it was hailed as the greatest collaborative scientific undertaking in the history of humanity! The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor / ITER, based in southern France, was …