• Archive for March, 2008

    Regrowing fingers in adult humans using… well… a simple biologically derived powder

    by  • March 24, 2008 • Science • 0 Comments

    Three years ago, Lee Spievack sliced off the tip of his finger in the propeller of a hobby shop airplane. What happened next, Andrews reports, propelled him into the future of medicine. Spievack’s brother, Alan, a medical research scientist, sent him a special powder and told him to sprinkle it on the wound. “I powdered [...]

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    Fixing the root causes of war?

    by  • March 17, 2008 • The Global Picture • 0 Comments

    Frans de Waal stands in a watchtower at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center north of Atlanta, talking about war. As three hulking male chimpanzees and a dozen females loll below him, the renowned primatologist rejects the idea that war stems from “some sort of blind aggressive drive.” Observations of lethal fighting among chimpanzees, our [...]

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