Shadows are hardwired into the brainOur brains instinctively view our shadows as an extension of our bodies, a new research has shown. Subjects in the study reacted to stimuli near the shadow of one hand as if the stimuli were affecting the hand itself, found Francesco Pavani, at Royal Holloway University of London, UK, and Umberto Castiello, at the Università degli Studi di Trento, Italy.
( Read more... )'Humanised' organs can be grown in animals( Read more... )Global therapeutic cloning ban avertedA global ban on all medical applications of human cloning was averted by an eleventh-hour deal at the United Nations on Tuesday. Last-minute haggling in the aisles of the UN General Assembly in New York sealed a compromise which postpones debate on a cloning treaty until October 2004.
A total ban, backed by the US, the Vatican and other Catholic countries, would have caused a deep rift with nations such as the UK and the Netherlands that want the right to pursue new medical treatments from cloning.
( Read more... )It's interesting how Europe and US differ on cloning(EU is for, the US is against) and GM foods. ( EU is against, the US is for). I think this is not a religious issue, it's a much more rational business position, and, of course, the emerging "just because" split between EU and US on all major issues. ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
