bioweapons
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What Are Self-Replicating ‘Xenobots’ and How Might They Turn the World Into Grey Goo?
In 2020, scientists made global headlines by creating “xenobots” – tiny “programmable” living things made of several thousand frog stem cells. These pioneer xenobots could move around in fluids, and scientists claimed they could be useful for monitoring radioactivity, pollutants, drugs or diseases. Early xenobots survived for up to ten days. A second wave of…
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Bioweapon Experts Aren’t Buying The Tesla Model X’s Bioweapon Defence Mode
The air conditioning system in the new Tesla Model X has three modes: circulating air from outside the car, re-circulating air that’s already inside the cabin, and a “bioweapon defence mode,” triggered by a button on the dashboard, which creates positive pressure inside the cabin to keep outside particles at bay. So, does it work?…