Professor Severino Antinori Dr. Panos Zavos, wants to help childless couples start a family using the cloning technology that gave the world Dolly the sheep. Now on the the surface this seems like perhaps a noble and worthy application of cloning technology on humans. Current British law has a ban on human cloning and from his statements it seems that Dr. Antinori is proposing to provide cloning as a infertility treatment to force a debate amongst the British Parliment. Serverino is quoted as saying, "If they say no I would like to know why. I want them to try to justify why not. If there is a scientific reason I will understand. If they refuse for religious reasons, I will not." . Get the full story from BBC News
here.
E-Sports. That's right computer games have gone professional. Those skills you honed on your old Amigas, Ataris, and PC can earn you money. Sure not a lot of money but cash all the same. To be specific Pong or Pac Man isn't going to bring home the bacon but if you're skilled enough in
Counter-Strike (a modification for the popular game Half Life on the PC) you can take a crack at the $50,000 1st place prize at the World Championship hosted by the
Cyberathlete Professional League in Dallas Texas this December. This relatively recent rise in the popularity of multiplayer computer game competitions parallels the development of the internet and increased availability of broadband to suburban homes accross the US. Counter-Strike is a team based game divided into two sides offense and defense. Missions range from planting a device to rescuing hostages. The game encourages teamwork and strategy and developed an early popularity being developed and distributed for free online. As kids from all over the US, Europe, and Asia filled servers organized teams and competition grew. Granted the majority of the Counter-Strike community is populated by middle class kids from age 13-18 all age ranges participate and interact. Counter-Strike also has a unique spectator software enabling people to view matches from an overhead, first person, or third person vantage which makes it ripe for webcast and perhaps even television. Currently there are a mess of online leagues but the money is offered at LANs (local area network) competitions where players congregate at hotels, convention centers, and dorm rooms to face of head to head. Don't be surprised when E-Sports has a strong and dedicated following with regional teams and regular seasons.
Btw GG 7bits
current science news posted by Greg at 11/05/2001 11:40:00 PM
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