Because a quote from "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" was used in forming the synthetic DNA of a bacteria, said bacteria is now accused of being in violation of copyright.
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Blood Analysis Chip Could Detect Disease in Minutes
Going to the doctor is an expensive and potentially time-consuming process. But with the breakthrough of SIMBUS, finding out if you have a medical ailment could become as easy as a diabetes test.
Read More »Tom Pinckney: MIT Graduate (w/o a High School Diploma)
Tom Pinckney, co-founder of SiteAdvisor and founder of Hunch, is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In fact, his application was so impressive that he was accepted to MIT without ever completing high school.
Read More »Behold! This is How NASA Recovers Those Spent Rocket Boosters
Have you ever wondered what happened with those giant booster rockets once a shuttle is launched? ... seriously? Well, today's your lucky day, then!
Read More »“E-mail” is Dead. Long Live “Email.”
It's official: "E-mail," the term used since the inception of the service, is dead. From now on, "email" will suffice.
Read More »A Sticky Car Could Very Well Save Lives
A team of researchers at Harvard have devised that putting a thin coat of a sticky substance on the body of a car could help prevent serious damage/injury in an accident.
Read More »Gene Therapy Could Be the Answer for Parkinson’s Sufferers
A team from the Feinstein Institute of Medical Research believes that they may have unlocked the secret to treating those suffering from Parkinson's disease.
Read More »iPad: A ‘Miracle Device’ for Autistic Individuals
More and more families are discovering that devices like the iPad can be useful tools to help their autistic or otherwise disabled children communicate with the world around them.
Read More »4chan Founder Speaks at SXSW
Christopher "moot" Poole, the founder of infamous message board 4chan, spoke at South by Southwest. During his keynote, he talked about how 4chan is misunderstood and how Mark Zuckerberg is wrong about Internet anonymity.
Read More »1-in-5 Brits Think Lightsabers Are a Thing That Exists
A surprisingly high number of people in the United Kingdom seem to believe that lightsabers, memory-erasing technology and time travel are all possible.
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