More research is paving the way for gamete selection, not just embryo/zygote selection

http://infoproc.blogspot.com/2012/07/genome-sequencing-of-human-sperm.html   The entire genomes of 91 human sperm from one man have been sequenced by Stanford University researchers. The results provide a fascinating glimpse into naturally occurring genetic variation…

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John Graham-Cunning on Charlges Babbage’s machines, and other things

  He is a pretty cool guy himself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Graham-Cumming   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Babbage “In 1838, Babbage invented the pilot (also called a cow-catcher), the metal frame attached to the front of locomotives…

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Review of 100+ (Sonia Arrison)

http://www.amazon.com/100-Plus-Longevity-Everything-Relationships/dp/0465019668/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1342698160&sr=8-1&keywords=100+plus   An okay to good introduction to the science and thinking behind rejuvination research and radically extended life-spans. Fairly cheap. Some of the points are rather questionable tho. I…

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Regarded Avaaz and the Peter Sunde petition

Given this: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120716/11583019714/is-petition-calling-pardon-pirate-bays-peter-sunde-offensive.shtml and this http://torrentfreak.com/is-the-peter-sunde-petition-offensive-inflammatory-or-objectionable-120716/ I was one of the persons who sent in a complaint with Avaaz own system. I used a generic one found in the comment…

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