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newscientist.com - 7/28/2009
Evolution machine speeds up search for better bugs - life - 26 July 2009
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Not really as it still cost in the Millions to set up a capable lab, staffed with capable, educated people. Even if you could get the funding and a place to hid away and do this research, you still need lots and lots of test subjects as screening is the most important part of evolution (kill off ...

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14theditch —   I know, rationally, that the scientific technique heralded in this article from New Scientist http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17514-evolution-machine-speeds-up-search-for-better-bugs.html is probably a great advancement, but any time I read or hear the words Evolution Machine, being a child of the 60's, I harken back to The Outer Limits episode with David McCallum, The Sixth Finger, ...

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Posthuman Blues — Orthon's Asemic Footprint? Evolution producing more 'beautiful' women Preserving spacesuits and Tranquility Base New Taser device can shock 3 people without reload Evolution machine speeds up search for better bugs Declassified Ice Loss Images [Follow me on Twitter.] ...

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14theditch.livejournal.com 7/28/2009 —   I know, rationally, that the scientific technique heralded in this article from New Scientist http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17514-evolution-machine-speeds-up-search-for-better-bugs.html is probably a great advancement, but any time I read or hear the words Evolution ...