A new report by Amnesty International documents how the Israeli government uses an experimental facial recognition system to track Palestinians and control their movements. The findings are part of “Automated …
“Genetically modified organisms” (GMO) and “New genomic techniques” (NGT): old and new mutations, same background
We copy from a random article, from the first results of the search engine, searching for the term “new genomic techniques”: New genetic techniques (NGTs), or gene editing techniques, are …
WHO: The IMF of health?
…The «strategic technologies researcher» of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) warns with a report that China is ahead of the US in 37 out of 44 technologies that are …
In front of the door of (natural) law
Galileo’s and Descartes’ laws of motion, Newton’s law of gravity, Maxwell’s laws of electromagnetism, Mendel’s laws of genetics, the laws of thermodynamics, the laws of reflection and refraction of light …
When AI robots do genetic engineering: the explosion of artificial proteins and the biopiracy of artificial intelligence
“The boundaries are being violated now. We are approaching a turning point with the arrival of these advanced technologies, the deepest in history. The upcoming technological wave is based mainly …
The EU’s decision: long live the “liberation” of GMOs in human organisms!
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Geoengineering: the most controversial solutions explained
Depending on whom you ask, geoengineering is either a threat to serious climate action, a distant backup plan, or a necessary part of today’s climate policy. Everyone would agree that …