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Emily Anthes | Frankenstein’s Cat

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTcsaUTybGpATmQzi2TCGSnG8SVdPHoHbNc-h5RfXe3fvCUbxTWrJqv6E6p3UKhK6rKAvjGlS9RydDRdd4BDm1p7x-Cv_HqLiwFZPqIsyEf8-pOlrjbj7nIXTLKW1DO039S75EwGTc-eI/s1600/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTcsaUTybGpATmQzi2TCGSnG8SVdPHoHbNc-h5RfXe3fvCUbxTWrJqv6E6p3UKhK6rKAvjGlS9RydDRdd4BDm1p7x-Cv_HqLiwFZPqIsyEf8-pOlrjbj7nIXTLKW1DO039S75EwGTc-eI/s320/9.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><div id="posttext" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.npr.org/2013/03/11/173514863/frankensteins-cat-bioengineering-the-animals-of-the-future" target="blank">National Public Radio</a></b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span><b>n <i>Frankenstein's Cat: Cuddling up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts</i>, science journalist Emily Anthes talks about how the landscape of bioengineering has expanded. Scientists, she says, are now working to create pigs that can grow organs for human transplant, goats that produce valuable protein-rich milk, and cockroaches that could potentially serve as tiny scouts into danger zones for the military.</b><br /><br />One lab in China is even tackling the human genome by way of the mouse genome. There, researchers are randomly disabling mouse genes one at a time, in order to identify the function of each gene.<br /><br /><object data="http://halkinnaman.com/ed/audio_rr/player.swf" height="24" id="audioplayer527" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="290"> <param name="movie" value="http://halkinnaman.com/ed/audio_rr/player.swf"><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer527&soundFile=http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/fa/2013/03/20130311_fa_01.mp3"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="menu" value="false"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></object>    <br /><div><a href="http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/fa/2013/03/20130311_fa_01.mp" target="blank">download mp3</a></div></div>

Emily Anthes | Frankenstein’s Cat

National Public Radio I n Frankenstein's Cat: Cuddling up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts , science journalist Emily Anthes talks abou...

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Mediums Used to Create the Atomic Bomb

Mediums Used to Create the Atomic Bomb

Payday B ob Dobbs explains to James Kidnie that mediums were used to develop the atomic bomb in WWII. download mp3

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Airport Skyscraper

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXMfUiXgqDozn_FRybR0sVAGpKTHtDOhoY6dJ1zbZdl7Hars55kkrMgHMW9aXzGOPLRaz1Cosq4D4S0pyhmiyTeq2oHb6-7uRPJck6usBhhz5WnOCo-VpGxU6hyphenhyphenPJO1Q3BYsEZCjyIWhU/s1600/11-Airport-Skyscraper-2a.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXMfUiXgqDozn_FRybR0sVAGpKTHtDOhoY6dJ1zbZdl7Hars55kkrMgHMW9aXzGOPLRaz1Cosq4D4S0pyhmiyTeq2oHb6-7uRPJck6usBhhz5WnOCo-VpGxU6hyphenhyphenPJO1Q3BYsEZCjyIWhU/s1600/11-Airport-Skyscraper-2a.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div id="posttext" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.evolo.us/competition/airport-skyscraper/#more-16638" target="blank">eVolo</a></b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">N</span><b>inety-seven percent of Chinese airports will need to be rebuilt by 2020, according to a recent survey, causing huge implications for cost and land use issues, and the city of Beijing is currently planning the construction of a second airport.</b><br /><br />ZhiYong Hong and XueTing Zhang, designers of the Air@Port, propose avoiding using precious land for new airports by constructing one 450 meters in the air. The airport sits atop the bases of dozens of thin towers that mushroom out at the top with wide platforms that all connect to support the runways and airport facilities on top. Being so high up will mean that there won’t be height restrictions on the buildings erected on the platform. Also, because wind speed is higher 450 meters in the air than it is at sea level, the length of the runway can be effectively reduced, saving space.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBu7v88sdwBXbXocRT4Mnnxqml-4HHXePWMP0Iu3vkpMkHkNj0ZGc4xu088iq6dUar_0z4Ka8aHkURw3wyAmEafzfpWWq5L7iMtB8zS2ZjZvXS6SvTC5EG4ljF1CmrL6rU9WqHvPZzPxI/s1600/11-Airport-Skyscraper-2b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBu7v88sdwBXbXocRT4Mnnxqml-4HHXePWMP0Iu3vkpMkHkNj0ZGc4xu088iq6dUar_0z4Ka8aHkURw3wyAmEafzfpWWq5L7iMtB8zS2ZjZvXS6SvTC5EG4ljF1CmrL6rU9WqHvPZzPxI/s1600/11-Airport-Skyscraper-2b.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div id="posttext" style="text-align: justify;">Vertical air buses will transport visitors from the ground (or underground, if they are arriving via subway) up the stems of the tall structures. In addition to air transport facilities, this air city will also include a hotel and commercial, conference and office spaces; these areas are located in the towers beneath the airport.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjWLOg70ue9gpdQ_DkBtmlSklUxH4qZFiF1I_sOpIi2cpTMew9Sy6ngiY4E3b0pyYyfDiAdgmjxbCkU0zKANLAFtfy8pY4CPiZy8kY1UCSRAZCRR8tYgwFWw7G_dJHd_AHOXs4DpUNiD4/s1600/11-Airport-Skyscraper-1.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="702" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjWLOg70ue9gpdQ_DkBtmlSklUxH4qZFiF1I_sOpIi2cpTMew9Sy6ngiY4E3b0pyYyfDiAdgmjxbCkU0zKANLAFtfy8pY4CPiZy8kY1UCSRAZCRR8tYgwFWw7G_dJHd_AHOXs4DpUNiD4/s1600/11-Airport-Skyscraper-1.jpg" width="853" /></a></div>