Not just yet. From BBC News:
Read more "Designer babies are here?"A US clinic has sparked controversy by offering would-be parents the chance to select traits like the eye and hair colour of their offspring.
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lazy tumble – @mopedronin wtf is this?!
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Read moreWe have fouled the nest so thoroughly and in so many ways that I would be absolutely shocked if humanity comes out the other end of this century with any level of organization above that of clans and villages. It’s not just carbon emissions and global warming, it’s depleted soil fertility, it’s synthetic estrogens bioaccumulating in the aquatic food chain, it’s our inability to stop using antibiotics in a way that gives rise to multi-drug-resistance in microbes.
Bruce Sterling on the Transition Web
Bruce Sterling just blogged his entire Webstock 09 speech, since apparently my neighbours, the Kiwi’s, couldn’t parse his accent.
It’s a brilliant overview of the history of the web, but it’s…
Bruce Sterling on the Transition Web
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I just had a quick flick through and it’s full of goodness. Check it out!
Read more "h+ spring issue is out"QRCodes that do moar
As regular readers know, we’re pretty into QRCodes on Grinding. From dating sites, to carpets to graffiti pirate radio stations to.. just about everything. I thought by now we’d have documented…
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Read moreDoktor Sleepless #1 page 11 panel 1 (Manual version)
story: Warren Ellis, art: Ivan Rodriguez
Weta Workshop makes functional Mermaid Tail
From The Dominion Post:
Nadya Vessey lost her legs as a child but now she swims like a mermaid.
Ms Vessey’s mermaid tail was created by Wellington-based film industry wizards Weta…
Weta Workshop makes functional Mermaid Tail
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The Committee to Nuke Elysium 