Synthentic Life
May 25, 2010
Craig Venter and his team recently unveiled that they have created fully synthetic life. In this talk he explains the long rode that the team had to travel before they were able to successfully produce life from a computer.
The UCI
May 22, 2010
Very interesting article on doping and the UCI from NYVelocity.
http://nyvelocity.com/content/features/2010/dirty-deal
Nicholas Christakis: The hidden influence of social networks
May 21, 2010
This is some interesting commentary about social networks. Nicholas Christakis shows that a social network can affect your weight, health, habits and happiness.
You can read one of his recent papers on obesity here: Spread of obesity
