{"id":295335,"date":"2018-09-21T15:41:17","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T19:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/uncategorized\/this-week-in-science-sept-15-21.php"},"modified":"2018-09-21T15:41:17","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T19:41:17","slug":"this-week-in-science-sept-15-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurism\/this-week-in-science-sept-15-21.php","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Science: Sept 15-21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p><div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-assets.futurism.com\/2018\/09\/TWIS-300x157.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/div><p>From computers made out of living cells to mutant frogs, this week was filled peculiar news stories from the world of science. Ever wondered what catching space debris using a spider-like web looks like? To find out, read on.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/mutant-frogs-genetic-engineering\/\"><strong>You Can Now Genetically Engineer Your Own Mutant Frogs For $499.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;A famed biohacker is selling a kit that allows anyone to genetically engineer mutant frogs that are more massive than their naturally-occurring counterparts.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/neural-network-petri-dish\/\"><strong>Researchers Just Got Funding to Grow a Neural Network in a Petri Dish.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;A team of biologists and computer engineers won a grant to develop a computer made out of living cells.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/magnetic-field-nuclear-fusion\/\"><strong>This Super Powerful Magnetic Field Puts Us One Step Closer to Nuclear Fusion.<\/strong><\/a> Researchers from the University of Tokyo have created the strongest-ever controllable magnetic field, and it could help make nuclear fusion a reality<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/debug-project-ai-mosquitoes\/\"><strong>Alphabet AI Is Helping Release Sterile Mosquitoes in Singapore.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;An Alphabet-owned healthcare company called Verily is hoping to release male mosquitoes that carry a naturally-occurring bacteria that&nbsp;reduces the bugs&rsquo; ability to transmit disease in Singapore.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/tess-image-nasa-planet-hunter\/\"><strong>See the First Image Produced by NASA&rsquo;s Newest Planet Hunter.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;NASA just shared the first image produces by&nbsp;Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), a satellite designed to help in the hunt for exoplanets.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/removedebris-space-debris\/\"><strong>UK Researchers Just Deployed a Massive Net to Catch Space Debris.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;UK researchers are now testing RemoveDEBRIS, a satellite designed to trap space debris in a spider-like web so it can be removed before it damages spacecraft.<\/p><p><strong><em>More on This Week in Science: <a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/images\/this-week-in-science-sep-8-sep-14-2018\/\">This Week in Science: Sept 8-14<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p><p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/week-science-sept-15-21\/\">This Week in Science: Sept 15-21<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\">Futurism<\/a>.<\/p><p>See the original post here:<br><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/week-science-sept-15-21\/\" title=\"This Week in Science: Sept 15-21\">This Week in Science: Sept 15-21<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> From computers made out of living cells to mutant frogs, this week was filled peculiar news stories from the world of science.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurism\/this-week-in-science-sept-15-21.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-295335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295335"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295335\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}