[ExI] 20 yrs ago vs now

[spike]

Those of you who have been hanging out on ExI-chat for a long time, remember
the kinds of stuff we were talking about here less than 20 yrs ago, how
ethereal it seemed, so far off.  These are the top five stories today in the
most mainstream news source there is, CNN:

 

 

Science news

 
<http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/26/health/ivf-mitochondria/index.html?iid=articl
e_sidebar> FDA considering '3-parent babies' 

updated 7:06 PM EST, Thu February 27, 2014 

 
<http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/26/health/ivf-mitochondria/index.html?iid=articl
e_sidebar>
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/111012042456-newborn-baby-birth-vide
o-tease.jpg

A promising way to stop a deadly disease, or an uncomfortable step toward
what one leading ethicist called eugenics?

 
<http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/14/us/seattle-mammoth-tusk/index.html?iid=articl
e_sidebar> Huge mammoth tusk discovered

updated 8:07 PM EST, Fri February 14, 2014 

 
<http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/14/us/seattle-mammoth-tusk/index.html?iid=articl
e_sidebar>
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/140214124404-mammoth-seattle-0214-vi
deo-tease.jpg

Seattle paleontologists safely removed the largest fossilized mammoth tusk
discovered in the region from a construction site.

 
<http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/14/health/texas-lungs-grown/index.html?iid=artic
le_sidebar> Human lung made in lab for first time 

updated 4:37 PM EST, Fri February 14, 2014 

 
<http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/14/health/texas-lungs-grown/index.html?iid=artic
le_sidebar>
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/140214150321-lung-comparison-video-t
ease.jpg

For the first time, scientists have created human lungs in a lab -- an
exciting step forward in regenerative medicine.

 
<http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/12/health/nanomotors-cells-science/index.html?ii
d=article_sidebar> Scientists control motors inside cells

updated 7:55 AM EST, Wed February 12, 2014 

 
<http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/12/health/nanomotors-cells-science/index.html?ii
d=article_sidebar>
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/140211120350-nanoparticles-video-tea
se.jpg

Tiny rocket-shaped metal particles might one day take a wild ride inside
your body.

 
<http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/05/health/bionic-hand/index.html?iid=article_sid
ebar> Artificial hand lets amputee feel 

updated 3:11 PM EST, Thu February 6, 2014 

 
<http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/05/health/bionic-hand/index.html?iid=article_sid
ebar>
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/140205153125-bionic-hand-video-tease
.jpg

Ten years ago on New Year's Eve, Dennis Aabo Sorensen was launching
fireworks when a defective rocket blew up. He was rushed to the hospital,
and his left hand was amputated.

 

 

Cool, ja?

 

spike

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