Via Scoop.it – Creating the FutureKnocking out a gene in muscles allows mice to run twice as far – targeting the same gene in their fat cells prevents them developing type-2 diabetes…Via www.newscientist.com
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Via Scoop.it – Demand TransformationIn this new bill, Hollywood has expanded its censorship ambitions. No longer content to just blacklist entries in the Domain Name System, this version targets software developers and distributors as well. It allows the Attorney General (doing Hollywood or trademark holders’ bidding) to go after more or less anyone who provides or offers a product…
Via Scoop.it – Demand Transformation After long refusing to join the convention banning these weapons, Obama now works to overturn it… More evidence that Obama is as bad or worse than Cheney/Bush in terms of war crimes and anti-civil libertiesVia www.salon.com
Via Scoop.it – Demand TransformationAs the Internet transforms the weapons trade, Beijing is becoming a massive player — and we should be scared… Of course the US is still the #1 supplier of Death Tech to the World and has no moral standing to try to stop it.Via www.salon.com
Via Scoop.it – Internet of the absurdComparing moms to an octopus would be like pitting an army of savages against one well-oiled gatling gun sitting atop a hill. The mothers would charge the hill, hurling rocks and sticks; they’d roar righteous, compassionate battle cries of warriors who believe they are fighting for the betterment of humanity. They’d truly fight from…
Via Scoop.it – Demand TransformationThe MPAA, RIAA, Hollywood knows that they have been flying in CEOs of as many companies as possible, recruiting people to get petition signups at malls in California, and here’s the big point– they know they have gotten their message through to Congress — the worst bill in Internet history, the one where government and their…