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Peri‑medical old news
Learn topology! The basis of human anatomy. Is man the measure of all things? Internal analgesic. Crocodile blood. Blood substitute made from crocodile blood. We are glad to be deceived. …
Four old news items about stem cells
With a stem and a kind word… There is a chance that stem cells can be obtained by sampling amniotic fluid (amniocentesis) — a well‑established diagnostic procedure, sometimes required after …
Six news items on human evolution
Step towards the resurrected Neanderthal? On the restoration of the genome of extinct species. An era of change. Why did humans appear on Earth when it was "feverish"? Halfway to …
How to Study a Miracle? (On the Turin Shroud)
"Monkey processes" and brainwashing
New primate process. The image of “scientificity” allows creationists to claim the presentation of their views in secular institutions. Clerical mimicry. Scientific truth is not sought in sacred texts. Religious …
Five news items about sex and development
Hard problems of sex. Determination of sex in fish under the influence of human hormones. When sex is not a joy. On the sex ratio in viviparous lizards. Precocious children. …
Another five “evolutionary” old news
Vernanimalcula — the first of us. When the chemistry of water began to favor the development of organisms with hard coverings, the amount of dissolved oxygen increased and the dominants …
Genetic miscellany (from the definition of life to the influence of happiness on genetics)
It is hard to be a god. On the development of minimalist artificial life. Genetic expression. Gene chips in gene granules. Shall we train on dogs? Genetic passports. So far …
Rapid and slow evolution, body remodeling of pythons, and the selfish DNA of infusoria
Evolution in action, or Don't open your mouth to someone else's loaf. The spread of agi in Australia leads to the evolution of the local fauna. Slow immortality. In the …
Cloning and its vicinity
And you will be a baobab for a thousand years... The DNA of a deceased person can be implanted into a tree. The weakest link. A person can make a …
Natural technologies: six old news
Non-random analogies. Why the sperm whale possesses such a large head filled with a peculiar substance. Ode to a parasite. Examples of the beneficial influence of parasites. Cuckoo-style virtual reality. …
Four messages about music and rhythms
Mozart at the molecular level. Listening to Mozart’s melodies led to increased expression of certain genes in the hippocampus of rats and to an increase in the synthesis of synaptic …