“Got an industrial-grade 3D printer laying around that you don’t
know what to do with? 3D print your own “invisibility cloak”!”
The achievement is a long-sought step toward harnessing the
potential power of such cells to treat diseases. But the
discovery raises ethical concerns because it brings researchers
closer to cloning humans, and involves creating and then
destroying human embryos for research purposes. Graphic Source:
Mitalipov Lab/OHSUGraphic Credit: Adapted for NPR by Alyson Hurt
By the end of the century, ocean levels could rise by 2 or 3
feet. That’s enough to flood the colonists’ first settlement at
Jamestown, Va. And it’s putting pressure on archaeologists to
get as many artifacts out of the ground as quickly as possible —
before it’s too late. Photo: John Poole/NPR They’re out of the
lab now, flying through the air, crawling in the grass, buzzing
near you, swimming in the ocean. They’re robots. They’re among
us. We don’t notice yet. But we will. It’s a story of
geopolitical struggles, tradition