{"id":298115,"date":"2018-10-19T16:43:33","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T20:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/uncategorized\/this-week-in-science-oct-13-oct-20.php"},"modified":"2018-10-19T16:43:33","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T20:43:33","slug":"this-week-in-science-oct-13-oct-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurism\/this-week-in-science-oct-13-oct-20.php","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Science: Oct 13 \u2013 Oct 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p><p>We&rsquo;ll truly be pampered in the future: from imitation smoked salmon to legalized weed. What could we possibly have to complain about?<\/p><p>Here&rsquo;s what inspired us in the world of science this week:<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/futurism.com\/percentage-unvaccinated-toddlers-trippled-2001\/\">The Percentage of Unvaccinated U.S. Toddlers Has Quadrupled Since 2001.<\/a>&nbsp;Vaccination rates amongst children in the United States have decreased in recent years, according to a new report from the CDC.<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/futurism.com\/fake-meat-fake-fish\/\">You&rsquo;ve Heard of Fake Meat. How About Fake Fish?<\/a>&nbsp;A new&nbsp;Wall Street Journal story&nbsp;looks at the rise of imitation tuna, shrimp, and even smoked salmon. The surprise conclusion: It&rsquo;s pretty convincing.<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/futurism.com\/molecular-computation-smart-pills\/\">Get Ready for Pills Programmed to Respond to Your Cells&rsquo; Individual Needs.<\/a> A new paper suggests it could be possible to create smart pills that tailor medical treatments perfectly to a patient&rsquo;s needs.<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/futurism.com\/five-products-science-meditation\/\">Five Products That Use Science to Maximize Your Meditation Sessions.<\/a>&nbsp;Practicing meditation can improve both physical and mental health, boost self control, and improve productivity. These science-focused products can help.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/humanoid-robot-philosophy-course\">A Humanoid Robot Gave a Lecture in a West Point Philosophy Course.<\/a>&nbsp;In 2017, Bina48 became the first AI-powered robot to complete a college-level course, and now, it&rsquo;s the first to co-teach one.<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/futurism.com\/canada-legalized-cannabis-science\/\">Canada Legalized Weed, and It Could Be a Huge Opportunity for Scientists.<\/a>&nbsp;On Wednesday, Canada legalized cannabis, and the move provided medical researchers with the opportunity to develop promising new treatments.<\/p><p>Read More:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/week-science-oct-6-oct-12\/\">This Week in Science: Oct 6 &ndash; Oct 12<\/a><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/697ce6354b00x628.png.png\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/p><p>The rest is here:<br><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/week-science-oct-13-oct-20\" title=\"This Week in Science: Oct 13 &ndash; Oct 20\">This Week in Science: Oct 13 &ndash; Oct 20<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> We\u2019ll truly be pampered in the future: from imitation smoked salmon to legalized weed. What could we possibly have to complain about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurism\/this-week-in-science-oct-13-oct-20.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-298115","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\/298115"}],"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=298115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298115\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}