Stefan Mundlos, from the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, explains why there will be no designer babies in the near future.
I don’t see any danger of this happening in the foreseeable future.
The constitutional conflict in Poland is a topic that involves the whole EU – that was the unanimous opinion of experts in national and constitutional law who came together to discuss how European values can be preserved in the face of the collision course with the Polish government.
state can be excluded from voting rights and financial transfers if there is a danger
Soil erosion in tropical coastal areas accelerates coral death
But human civilisation is the top danger to these fragile ecosystems through climate
A simple phase diagram can be used to explain when a liquid on a rough surface will form a thin film and when it will form droplets. As S. Herminghaus of the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organisation has discovered, wetting up to a particular degree of roughness depends simply on vapour pressure (or humidity) and the contact angle.
scenes of magical beauty, while a thin film of rainwater on the road can pose a danger
A group of nomadic hunter-gatherers in Thailand have multiple words for smells.
hunt, and to recognise objects or events, such as spoiled food, that can pose a danger
An international team of interdisciplinary researchers has identified mathematical metrics to characterize the fragility of financial markets. Their paper “Network geometry and market instability” sheds light on the higher-order architecture of financial systems and allows analysts to identify systemic risks like market bubbles or crashes.
between sectors that facilitate the spreading of perturbations and increase the danger
In a new call for action paper, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany, discuss the importance of scent in human history and address how and why experts might investigate smells from the past.
reach our brain fairly directly and motivate us in critical ways – whether to avoid danger
Stefan Mundlos, from the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, explains why there will be no designer babies in the near future.
I don’t see any danger of this happening in the foreseeable future.
Computation of motion by T4 cells in the fly brain more complex than previously believed.
motion and the fly’s evasive manoeuvre has long been triggered before any real danger
The brain uses bodily signals to regulate fear
The brain’s insular cortex strongly reacts to stimuli signaling danger.
