In August 2019, an investigation revealed significant textual corruption in some low-cost editions of George Orwell’s works found on Amazon. Further digging showed that the phenomenon extended to other classics by canonical authors. While many ...
What do you call the partnership between a funeral director and a death doula? Founded in 2019, Deathwives is the collective project of Lauren Carroll and Erin Merelli, who want to create a support community ...
CRISPR is a gene-editing technique that has revolutionized the field with major breakthroughs, especially since 2012. While CRISPR offers a way to make specific alterations to genes more precise and affordable, the method is not ...
Technologically controlled bugs are not only plausible, but actually exist. In 2017, the engineering firm Draper released details about its DragonflEye project. It showed that dragonflies can be “upgraded” with implanted solar-powered backpacks that tap ...
In June 2019, California passed the first law in the United States targeting ‘biohacking’, the practice of do-it-yourself gene editing. Starting in January 2020, it will be illegal to sell CRISPR gene therapy kits without ...
What happens when biology and digital technology merge? DISCLAIMERPolicy Horizons Canada (Policy Horizons) is a strategic foresight organization within the Government of Canada with a mandate to help the Government develop future-oriented policy and programs ...
On October 15, 2019, Policy Horizons’ Director General Kristel Van der Elst summarized the insights and takeaways regarding global challenges that could impact the future, capturing the points made by various speakers during the ESPAS ...
This is a guest post. The content does not reflect the views of Policy Horizons Canada. The Lasting Influence of the Early Years We intuitively appreciate that the environment in which we live affects our ...
Several years ago, Swedish scientists selectively bred guppies to increase their brain size. In short order, they produced a new lineage with brains 9% larger than typical guppies. These big-brain guppies demonstrated superior performance on ...
A partnership between Finnish design studio Aivan, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, and Aalto University has spawned the Korvaa headphones, made from bioengineered materials. The mesh covering the speakers is made from a biosynthetic ...
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