Johann Hari writes in the Guardian that plastic surgeon Dr. Joe Rosen, of the Dartmouth Medical Center, is working on plastic surgery techniques which could make us resemble animals in ways we can?t even imagine today.
Rosen, who has been a scientific advisor to NASA, says, ?Human wings will be here. Mark my words.? He believes that within five years he will be able to graft wings onto a human body.
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A 2,000-year old shrouded body found in a tomb near Jerusalem could be that of a witness to Christ’s crucifixion, according to British archaeologist Shimon Gibson, who is director of the Jerusalem Archaeological Field Unit. He discovered the remains as he showed students around 1st-century tombs in the Hinnom Valley. They consist of bones and a well-preserved clump of hair, which were wrapped in the only shroud from Christ?s time that has been found in Israel.
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An international team of researchers, led by John Gordon, professor of immunology at Birmingham University in the U.K., have discovered that Prozac, the antidepressant taken by millions of people around the world, may stimulate the growth of brain tumors by blocking the body?s natural ability to kill cancer cells.
The study examined the effects of Prozac and other antidepressants on a group of tumor cells growing in a test tube. The researchers found that the drug prevented the cancer cells from committing ?suicide,? leading to a more vigorous growth of the tumors. The scientists tested Paxil and Celexa, and found they, too, had the same effect in stimulating the growth of a type of tumor known as Burkitt’s lymphoma.
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Wild meats eaten by ancient hunters contained healthier fats than modern farmed cattle, claims Lauren Cordain of Colorado State University. He and his colleagues have shown that meat from wild elk, deer and antelope contain more beneficial types of fat than meat from today?s grain-fed cattle.
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