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Do You Want to Live Forever?

February 2005

Aubrey de Grey thinks he knows how to defeat aging. He’s brilliant, but is he nuts?

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Letter from the editor

Against Transcendence

Features

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Unnatural Selection
Machines using genetic algorithms are better than humans at designing other machines.
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Terror’s Server
Fraud, gruesome propaganda, terror planning: the Net enables it all. The online industry can help fix it.
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Dr. Nanotech vs. Cancer
James Heath has a better way to fight cancer: tiny silicon wires that could sniff out early signs of the disease.

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- Letters
  We received an energetic response to our December story on nuclear waste.
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- If Only It Were This Easy
  A crisis in Nigeria highlights the tangled politics of vaccination.
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- Cornell’s Minister of Technology
  W. Kent Fuchs bridges spirituality and technology.
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- So what are you reading these days?
  Rojo Networks ensures we’re all on the same page.
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- Guiding the Evolution of Things
  From engineered viruses, novel materials.
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- Logging On to Your Lawyer
  Artificial intelligence, real justice?
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- Microsoft Declares War on Spam
  The once insular superpower is enlisting the help of allies.
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- And More…
  Short items of interest.
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- Be Sane about Antiaging Science
  Each readme is an executive summary of a fatter story in the magazine, stripped to its logical bones. Each concludes with a call to action.
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- Openly Regulate GMOs
  New Zealand is providing an example of effective regulation.
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- Deprive Terrorists of the Internet
  Web hosting companies must start to behave more responsibly.
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- Time to See the Opportunities
  Vendors must market a viable vision for this technology.
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- Synopsis: Information Technology
  An algorithm sniffs out digital alterations.
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- Synopsis: Biotechnology
  Infections train the immune system to destroy cancerous cells.
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- Synopsis: Nanotechnology
  Better insulation helps plastic circuits flex toward the market.
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- Life Vest
  Lester Shubin and Nicholas Montanarelli turned Kevlar into lifesaving armor.
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- Demo: Me, Myself and Eye
  Anil Jain at Michigan State University seeks to improve security by integrating various types of biometrics.
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- Technology Can Fix U.S. Intelligence
  The intelligence reform bill evaded real reform.
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- Keeping Tabs
  The history of an Information Age metaphor.
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- The Unobservable Mind
  One of Britain’s leading philosophers is skeptical that neurobiology can tell us anything about self-consciousness.
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- The End of Oil?
  There are good signs that worldwide oil production is declining. Best hold on tight.
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- How Lucent Lost It
  The telecommunications manufacturer was a Potemkin village.
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- New Zealand: Green Haven for Biotech?
  The island nation may have found a way to calm both sides in the debate over genetically modified organisms.
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- Intel’s Centrino Solution
  The old mantra for PC chip makers – faster is better – is breaking down. Can platformization take its place?
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- Two Sides of Outsourcing
  Indian outsourcing giants like Infosys are spawning innovators like Ittiam.
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Magazine

Do You Want to Live Forever?

Letter from the editor

Features

Unnatural Selection

Terror’s Server

Dr. Nanotech vs. Cancer

Letters

If Only It Were This Easy

Cornell’s Minister of Technology

So what are you reading these days?

Guiding the Evolution of Things

Logging On to Your Lawyer

Microsoft Declares War on Spam

And More…

Be Sane about Antiaging Science

Openly Regulate GMOs

Deprive Terrorists of the Internet

Time to See the Opportunities

Synopsis: Information Technology

Synopsis: Biotechnology

Synopsis: Nanotechnology

Life Vest

Demo: Me, Myself and Eye

Technology Can Fix U.S. Intelligence

Keeping Tabs

The Unobservable Mind

The End of Oil?

How Lucent Lost It

New Zealand: Green Haven for Biotech?

Intel’s Centrino Solution

Two Sides of Outsourcing

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