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Three Parent Babies

Three Parent Baby is a baby who has most of his / her DNA from mother and father but also has a small amount of DNA  from a...

September 26, 2012

Neil Harbisson

Neil Harbisson is an Ireland born and Spain brought up contemporary artist, composer and cyborg activist best known for his self-extended ability to hear colours and to perceive...

September 26, 2012

Cyborg

The term Cyborg refers to an organism that has enhanced abilities due to technology. A Cyborg means being with both biological and artificial (e.g. electronic, mechanical or robotic)...

September 26, 2012

Noori

Noori is the name of a cloned pashmina goat, born on March 9, 2012 at the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUSAT). Under a World Bank-funded...

September 26, 2012

TrES-2b

 TrES-2b / Kepler-1b TrES-2b or Kepler-1b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star GSC 03549-02811 located 750 light years away The planet has been identified in 2011 as...

September 26, 2012

Gegeneophis primus

Gegeneophis primus is the scientific name of a caecilian (limbless) amphibian reported from Kerala. A team of scientists from the University of Kerala; Central University, Kasaragod; and Natural...

September 26, 2012

Robonaut 2

NASA’s humanoid robot "Robonaut 2" was delivered to the International Space Station in first half of 2011. The test involved sending power to all of Robonaut’s system. Robonauts...

September 26, 2012

Tevatron

The Tevatron is a circular particle accelerator in the United States, at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab). It is the second highest energy particle collider in the...

September 26, 2012

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a planned (to be launched in 2018) space telescope optimized for observations in the infrared. It is the formal successor to the...

September 26, 2012

Heinz 1706

In 2012, for the first time, the genome of the tomato, Solanum lycopersicum, has been decoded, and it becomes an important step toward improving yield, nutrition, disease resistance,...

September 26, 2012

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