2018-04-28
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Mad Comic-Book Science and Pig Brains
So I saw this article this morning:
Ethics debate as pig brains kept alive without a body
By Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent, BBC News
My super-hero comics-invested brain immediately thought of DC Comics' Robotmen, Bob Crane and Cliff Steele. Shortly thereafter, there was Anton Ivanov, the self-described "Superior" from Marvel+ABC's Agents of SHIELD TV series...
Ethics debate as pig brains kept alive without a body
By Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent, BBC News
My super-hero comics-invested brain immediately thought of DC Comics' Robotmen, Bob Crane and Cliff Steele. Shortly thereafter, there was Anton Ivanov, the self-described "Superior" from Marvel+ABC's Agents of SHIELD TV series...
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Astronomy Software Note
One more possibly good thing today: there's a new version of the planetarium freeware Celestia available now. As someone who's been getting some enjoyment out of v.1.6.0, I am intensely curious to see how v.1.6.1 will work out. Especially once the GAIA DR 2 data is integrated with it.
https://celestia.space/
https://celestia.space/