Other than skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cancer in American men. The American Cancer Society’s estimates for prostate cancer in the United States are that almost 240,000 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed this year, and almost 30,000 of these men will die. About 1 man in 6 will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime–would you like to know your genetic risk for getting it ahead of time?
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We’re closer to going there than ever (and who knows what we’ll discover when we get there? Subscribers can still listen to this show).
Astronauts could be a step closer to visiting Mars if they travel there in a craft that is powered by fusion (although they may have to go to the moon first, in order to get the fuel. They may also have to wait until the dust clears).
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It’s getting so we can print whatever we need, from guns to guitars to body parts. But if we print action figures from Disney or Star Wars films (for example), we could run into copyright problems. Will a sheriff soon come knocking on your door and confiscate your kid’s toys?
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The ‘Atacama Humanoid’ featured in the documentary ‘Sirius,’ to be released on April 22, was not a fetus as has been suggested by many commentators, but was 6 to 8 years old, according to the team producing the film. According to a press release issued today by the Sirius team, a DNA sample from bone marrow extracted from the specimen provides proof of age. "Ata was male and survived post-birth 6 to 8 years," said a team spokesperson. This would mean that the body, which has nine rib pairs as opposed to a human’s twelve, is not an animal fetus.
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