The Mars InSight drill hits a rock, twins that are neither fraternal nor identical, a second man cured of HIV, and the origins of Titan’s atmosphere.
SoT 319: Number Five Is Alive
- December 14, 2018
- Tagged as: bioethics, CRISPR, DNA, ethics, genetics, HIV, InSight, mars, scientific misconduct, spacecraft
Gene edited babies plagued with ethical and scientific controversy, NASA probes Mars, and Mitochondrial DNA inherited from fathers.
Genetic roadmap from cell to organism, a blood donation hero, a call for WHO action, and seafaring Neanderthals.
HIV getting less deadly, successful test flight of Orion, alcohol evolution, Ebola survivor blood transfusions and plastic that breaks down in UV light.
Mississippi Baby not actually cured of HIV, smallpox found in a storeroom, and epigenetics in mice. Plus the woman who grew nasal tissue on her back, insecticides not just killing bees, and how pandas survive on a bamboo diet.
SoT 110: The Mad Bird Collector
- July 17, 2013
- Tagged as: guillemots, HIV, Kerberos, pluto, stem cells, Styx, toads, transplant
Human head transplants, bone-marrow transplant HIV cure, liver cells grown from stem cells. Plus the toad with the spiky moustache, Pluto’s moons named and the self-cleaning bird eggs.
SoT 93: An Extremely Large Telescope
- March 20, 2013
- Tagged as: AIDS, astronomy, babies, geology, HIV, space, sub-glacial lakes, telescope, virus
Women in space, HIV Baby ‘cured’, 60 Second Science, new telescopes and diamonds from the sea floor!