Guest Thinkers — August 16, 2009

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A room simulating a Martian landscape with red sand, rocky walls, a green tent, and NASA equipment.

The Future

NASA medical officer on spending 378 days in a Mars simulation

“When you feel the isolation setting in at times, you have to reframe your mindset.”

Close-up view of a translucent, flatfish-like biohybrid organism with a thin body and short, spiky fins suspended in clear liquid against a plain background.

The Future

Revolutionary biohybrid robots are coming. Are we prepared?

As creatures and machines meld together in increasingly advanced forms, ethicists are starting to take note.

A child lovingly holds a dog’s face with both hands, gazing into its doggish eyes in an outdoor setting.

Life

More humans should learn to speak “Doggish”

It’s high time owners learned to speak their dog’s language.

The Future

How Arc Institute is bringing science into the century of biology

There is one obstacle that reliably blocks innovative ideas: how we fund science.

A black-and-white photo of a seated person with their head in their hand, partially overlaid with an image of flames, evocatively captures the intense struggle to treat anxiety.

Neuropsych

Researchers discover an entirely new way to treat anxiety

Manipulating a signaling pathway in mice reversed their anxiety — and offers hope for a new class of anti-anxiety medications for humans.

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