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  • Scientists could make men redundant in creating babies by turning WOMEN'S bone marrow into sperm

    01/30/2008 9:40:00 PM PST · by Stoat · 88 replies · 458+ views
    The Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | January 31, 2008 | FIONA MACRAE
    How UK scientists could make men redundant in creating babies by turning WOMEN'S bone marrow into spermBy FIONA MACRAE - More by this author » Last updated at 00:52am on 31st January 2008 CommentsBye bye baby: The new science means the biological role of the father is under threat British scientists are ready to turn female bone marrow into sperm, cutting men out of the process of creating life.  The breakthrough paves the way for lesbian couples to have children that are biologically their own.  Gay men could follow suit by using the technique to make eggs from male...
  • Remote Control Works on Humans (can I hit mute on Dems?)

    10/27/2005 10:42:29 AM PDT · by emiller · 9 replies · 295+ views
    AOL Business News ^ | 10-26-05 | YURI KAGEYAMA, AP
    ATSUGI, Japan (Oct. 26) - We wield remote controls to turn things on and off, make them advance, make them halt. Ground-bound pilots use remotes to fly drone airplanes, soldiers to maneuver battlefield robots. Itsuo Inouye, AP Reporter Yuri Kageyama leans to her left as she is remotely controlled to do so. Some speculate the technology could be used for gaming, assisting the elderly or even immobilizing an enemy. Talk About It: Post Thoughts But manipulating humans? Prepare to be remotely controlled. I was. Just imagine being rendered the rough equivalent of a radio-controlled toy car. Nippon Telegraph & Telephone...
  • Teen cleared in landmark DVD case - Norwegian not guilty of DVD piracy charges

    01/07/2003 11:57:54 AM PST · by weegee · 8 replies · 303+ views
    CNN ^ | 1-7-2003 | CNN Norge's Morten Overbye contributed to this report
    <p>OSLO, Norway -- A Norwegian teenager has been cleared of DVD piracy charges in a landmark trial brought by major Hollywood studios.</p> <p>The Oslo court said Jon Johansen, known in Norway as "DVD Jon," had not broken the law when he helped unlock a code and distribute a computer program enabling DVD films to be copied.</p>