Developments in health and medical technology.
Schneier looks at swine flu from a security standpoint.
…it takes about 25 kilobits — 3.2 kbytes — of data to code for a virus that has a non-trivial chance of killing a human. This is more efficient than a computer virus, such as MyDoom, which rings in at around 22 kbytes… It’s humbling [...]
I saw this one coming late one night a few decades ago… Flourescent green monkeys. Please, just say no to flourescent green people.
Scientists have created the first genetically modified monkeys that can pass their new genetic attributes to their offspring… The researchers modified a lentivirus to carry a jellyfish gene known as GFP [...]
Swine flu is still developing rapidly. For an hour by hour update subscribe to the W.H.O. RSS feed. Otherwise, there are pages from WHO, CDC, and CIDRAP.
As of 07:30 GMT, 10 May 2009, 29 countries have officially reported 4379 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection.
Unintended consequences. Helmet laws reduce net health.
A model [...]