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Genetics

Weight Loss Pill Recommended By FDA Panel, Company’s Stock Doubles

Written by: Peter Murray 82 days ago

Qnexa was recommended 20-2 by an FDA advisory panel. The FDA will make a final decision on the drug in late April, possibly making it the first weight loss drug approved in over a decade.

Want to lose weight? Well now there’s a drug that allows you to shed ten percent of your body weight [...]

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Peter Weyland at TED 2023

Written by: EBG 82 days ago

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High-tech Military Gear for Use in Law Enforcement

Written by: EBG 82 days ago

As the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan draw to a close new domestic markets are emerging for armored vehicles, non [...]

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Smelling Rosemary Boosts Intelligence

Written by: 33rdsquare 82 days ago

Researchers from the University of Northumbria, UK, has discovered that one of the oils which gives rosemary its pungent scent [...]

Genetics

Lab-Grown Burger To Be Served In Six Months

Written by: Peter Murray 83 days ago

Muscle cells taken from a cow are placed in a special nutrient mixture that promotes growth. Researchers hope to combine the cultured tissue into a hamburger sometime this fall.

A number of laboratories around the world are trying to grow meat in a Petri dish. So far we’ve heard [...]

AI

The Logic Behind Bailing Out the Auto Industry: Job Creation With Robotics

Written by: Frank Tobe 83 days ago

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“Today, I’m calling for all of us to come together- private sector, industry, universities, and the government – to spark [...]

Debate Central

How Should a Singulatarian Vote?

Written by: Keith Kleiner 84 days ago

As the 2012 U.S. Presidential election draws near, many followers of the Singularity are asking themselves how their vote might [...]