Living robots and the meaning of life
The advent of ‘living robots’, or biobots, not only poses grave risks for which we must be prepared but also raises profound questions about the future and what it means to be human.
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Refugees in Greece: “Instead of protecting me, they treated me like a murderer”
In the two years since the EU’s inhumane deal with Turkey, the plight of traumatised refugees arriving on the Greek islands has worsened significantly. Instead of refuge, they are being offered prison.
Read MoreThe scientific handbook of love
For the perplexed this Valentine’s, The Chronikler offers this “scientific” guide to winning hearts and getting high on the “drug” of love.
Read MoreSmashing different planets
The Scientists shouted they would get “smashed in a different world”. But do the words of this punk band reveal something profound about human nature?
Read MoreEuropean Commission gets tough on illicit drugs
The European Commission has drawn up proposals for stringent new regulations aimed at combating the growing profusion of illicit drugs by targeting the production and distribution of dual-use chemicals, known as precursors.
Read MoreCure needed for sick man of Europe
The European drug industry is looking on with rising alarm as its American rivals pull further and further ahead in
Read MorePfizer buys up rival Pharmacia
The world’s largest pharmaceuticals firm, Pfizer, has agreed to acquire rival US drug company Pharmacia for a reported €52.5 billion in stock, raising speculation that the fragmented industry will be seized by merger mania.
Read MoreIs the parallel trade in prescription drugs a malaise or cure?
As the EU prepares to expand eastwards, new battle lines are being drawn in the confrontation over national price-setting for prescription drugs – and in the cross-border parallel trade it engenders in the light of free movement of goods across the single market.
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