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technology

(Science: study) Industrial science; the science of systematic knowledge of the industrial arts, especially of the more important manufactures, as spinning, weaving, metallurgy, etc.

Technology is not an independent science, having a set of doctrines of its own, but consists of applications of the principles established in the various physical sciences (chemistry, mechanics, mineralogy, etc) to manufacturing processes.

Origin: Gr. An art; cf. Gr. Systematic treatment: cf. F. Technologie.


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Can a turtle and a frog breed?

... engineering, but even making a true hybrid (half the genome from frog and half from turtle) sounds impossible. What you can do, even with today's technology, is a hybrid that has some genes from one species transfered into the other - but this of course is not breeding.

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by biohazard
Thu Aug 27, 2009 6:10 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Can a turtle and a frog breed?
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Views: 86

cryogenics?

... was possible in the future, I'm pretty certain that anyone cryogenically preserved today could not be revived in the future, because our current technology would only result in systemic necrosis due to extreme cellular damage the freezing causes.

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by biohazard
Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:02 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: cryogenics?
Replies: 3
Views: 55

Pitfalls of Evolutionary Psychology: Exaptation

... These questions transcend humanity and ask about universals for all intelligent beings. I also conclude that experimentation with these ideas with technology is inevitable. We will experiment with nanotechnology, genetic engineering, and computer simulation in order to determine the best state ...

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by jeremyo
Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:12 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Pitfalls of Evolutionary Psychology: Exaptation
Replies: 3
Views: 133

Why The Religious Minded Rule Science With Science

Also, here's a link to an article concerning that Ecklund's study: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Story?id=3341576&page=1 Forgot the original link to the article itself, but you'll probably find it by Google. And note, the results concenr elite research scientists, ...

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by biohazard
Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:21 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Why The Religious Minded Rule Science With Science
Replies: 18
Views: 444

Cryonic freezing

... required for any proper cryopreservation), but I'd guess something on a scale of a nematode is already almost as big as you can get with today's technology.

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by biohazard
Mon Aug 03, 2009 3:21 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Cryonic freezing
Replies: 5
Views: 1394
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