New Gene-Editing Method Could Lead To “Creation of a Super-Baby”
By: Kristin Houser June 03, 2019 Avoiding Brightburn Chinese researchers have found a way to nearly triple the efficiency of a tool designed to edit genes in human embryos. Their method should be ready for clinical use soon, with gene-edited babies available in another year or two, Yang Hui, the lead researcher behind the project, […]
The rust belt is being sold a lie – China has funded US spending
By: Larry Elliott June 03, 2018 First it was Europe, Canada and Mexico. Now Donald Trump’s focus has switched to the real target for his trade war: China. Wilbur Ross, the US commerce secretary, is in Beijing for talks aimed at reducing America’s $30bn-a month-deficit. Exports of Chinese high-tech manufactured goods are top of Ross’s […]
The US Army’s Next Rifle May Use Facial Recognition
By: Dan Robitzski June 3, 2019 Point And Shoot The U.S. Army wants guns that wait to fire until they see the whites of the enemy’s eyes. At least, it put out a call for contractors to develop next-generation rifles that come equipped with facial recognition and automatic targeting software, according to Military.com. The new […]
The wealth effect: The middle class and the changing politics of banking crises
By: Jeffrey Chwieroth, Andrew Walter June 3, 2019 Today, the politics of wealth is contentious in both democracies and non-democracies. It has helped to create both ‘millennial socialism’ and political populism (Alstadsæter et al. 2017, Ansell and Adler 2019, The Economist 2019). But wealth has been subtly reshaping politics and policy choices for decades. Our […]