Tomorrowland (34 page)

Human Connectome Project,
28

Human Genome Project,
57
,
228

human growth hormone (HGH),
199

Humayun, Mark,
76

Huxley, Aldous,
45
,
168
–
69

Huxley, Laura,
173
,
181
–
82

hydroforming,
85
–
95

Hyperion Power Generation,
121

hypoxia,
38
,
43

IBM,
28
,
223

ibogaine,
161
–
62

iGEM.
See
International Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM)

Inception
(film),
27

incest,
257
–
60

India, thorium in,
121

Infertility Network UK,
255

insecticides,
133
,
134

Institute for Cancer Stem Cell Biology and Medicine,
216
–
17

Integral Fast Reactors (IFR),
118
–
19

International Cryogenics,
255

International Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM),
234
–
35

International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER),
xvii

In the President’s Secret Service
(Kessler),
238

Intoxication: The Universal Drive for Mind-Altering Substances
(Siegel),
167

iPhone,
226

iridium,
150

Iron Man.
See
Rozelle, David

iWalk,
19

Jacob, Francis,
53

Jacobs-Lorena, Marcelo,
138
–
39

Jacobson, Cecil,
258

Jaeger, William,
257

James, Anthony,
137
,
138

James, William,
168

Janiger, Oscar,
169

Japan

asteroid mining missions by,
146
–
47

nuclear power in,
117
,
122
–
23

Jekot, Walter,
195
,
196
,
197

Jennings, Ken,
223

Jeopardy
(TV show),
223

Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
149

John of God,
159

Johns Hopkins University,
162

Johnson, Brittany,
254

Johnson, Diane,
254

Johnson, Ronald,
254

Johnson Space Center,
148
–
49

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs,
176

The Journey of a Parisian in the 21st Century
(Béliard),
87

JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments),
229

Juiced
(Canseco),
187
–
88

jumping genes,
136
–
37
,
138
–
40

Jupiter, mining,
151

Kamen, Dean,
18

Kanada,
109

Kargel, Jeffrey,
144
,
149

Kass, Leon,
214
–
15
,
217

Keasling, Jay,
231

Kelly, Kevin,
xvi
–
xviii

Kesey, Ken,
169

Kessler, Ronald,
238

ketamine,
39
,
162

Kievenaar, Butch,
7
,
15

Killer 6.
See
Rozelle, David

Kissimmee River,
85
–
84

Kittinger, Joe,
127

Kleinman, Mark,
174

Kohl, Herbert,
195

Komlos, John,
55
–
56

Kowboy 6.
See
Rozelle, David

Kramer, Ryan,
255
–
56

Kramer, Wendy,
256
,
257
–
58
,
259

Kroo, Ilan,
105

Kurtz, Ron,
164
–
65

Kurzweil, Ray,
28

Lake Okeechobee,
87
–
90

Land, Richard,
260

landscape ecology,
93

Laqueur, Ernst,
192

“The Last Question” (Asimov),
27

Law Reform Commission of New South Wales, Australia,
259

Lawrence Livermore Laboratories,
121

Leary, Timothy,
163
,
169
,
170

Legal Muscle
(Collins),
193
–
94

Lévi-Strauss, Claude,
258

Lewis, John,
151

Lewis and Clark expedition,
149

life

creating,
xv
,
131
–
42
,
230
–
33

defining,
209

synthetic biology and,
219
–
46

Life Sciences Project,
58

Life Under a Cloud
(Winkler),
110

Lilly, John,
172

Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors (LFTR),
119
–
20

Litvinenko, Alexander,
238
–
39

Liu, Edison,
211
–
12

longevity,
52
–
56

Lorenz, Jerry,
93
–
94
,
95

Lovelock, James,
111

Lovenox,
170
–
71

Lovins, Amory,
113

LSD,
161
,
162
,
163
,
167
,
171
–
72

in alcoholism treatment,
169

current research on,
171
–
72

early research on,
168
,
169

in end-of-life care,
178
–
79
,
181
–
82

in mind-body medicine,
164
–
65

synthesis of,
168

Luke Arm,
18

M400 Skycar,
100

malaria,
133

insecticides and,
134

life cycle of,
135
–
36

mutations in,
138
–
40

prevalence of,
134

relationship of with mosquitos,
135
–
36

synthetic biology on,
231

Malaria Foundation International,
134

The Male Hormone
(de Kruif),
193

Manreza Symposium,
144

marijuana,
175
,
178
–
79

Martensson, Bertil,
27

Martin, George M.,
27

Mattes, Jane,
253

Maxey, Kirk,
256

Mazzoti, Frank,
91

McCarthy, Tim,
19

McCay, Clive,
191

McClintock, Barbara,
136

McConkey, Shane,
130

McKenna, Terrance,
163

McKibben, Bill,
111

McMahon, Vince,
188

MDMA,
160
–
61
,
162
,
163
–
64

current research on,
172
–
74
,
176
–
77

in end-of-life care,
170
–
71
,
174
–
76
,
178
–
79
,
180
–
82

for PTSD,
176
–
77

Merck,
160

mercury,
83
,
89

Merzlock, Crystal,
37
–
38

mescaline,
168
–
69

metabiological evolution,
55

metabolism,
190
–
92

methadone,
170

Metzner, Ralph,
168

Meyer, John,
49
–
50

Microbe Hunters
(de Kruif),
204

microneurochemical sensors,
26

Millennium Seed Bank,
248

mind-body medicine,
164
–
65

mind uploading,
xv
,
23
–
31

playback after,
30
–
31

science fiction on,
27
–
28

storage required for,
26
–
27

Mining the Sky
(Lewis),
151

MIT,
229

International Genetically Engineered Machines competition,
234
–
35

Media Lab,
14

Mithoefer, Michael,
176
–
77

Moller, Paul,
100

Molnar, Dezso,
xii
,
97
–
105
,
247

monks, unitary being of,
45
–
47

Mooney, Michael,
197

Moore, Gordon,
225
–
26

Moore’s Law,
28
,
57
,
225
–
27

Morse, Melvin,
37
–
40
,
42
–
43

mortality and immortality,
xv
–
xvi

downloadable consciousness and,
xv
,
23
–
31

fear of death and,
xv
–
xvi
,
28
–
29

interim solution to,
27

near-death experiences and belief in,
42
–
43

science fiction on,
27
–
28

mosquitos,
131
–
40

containment of transgenic,
139
–
40

drug resistance of,
134

illnesses carried by,
133

mutations in,
138
–
40

transgenic,
135
,
139
–
40

motorcycles, flying,
100
–
103

Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS),
162
–
67
,
177

Multiplex Automated Genome Engineering (MAGE),
232

Muscle Media,
197

Myhrvold, Nathan,
121

mystical experiences.
See
extreme states

NASA,
xii
,
146
,
150
,
151

National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League,
210

National Audubon Society,
93

National Cancer Institute,
212

National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA),
188

National Institutes of Health (NIH),
28
,
228

National Outdoor Leadership School,
158

National Resource Defense Council,
113

National Science Foundation,
245
–
46

Natural History
(Pliny),
133

natural selection,
53
–
54
.
See also
evolution

Nature Review Genetics,
56

near-death experiences,
37
–
45

brain changes after,
43
–
45

Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) Shoemaker,
146

nervous system

incorporation of implants in,
25
–
26

neurobiology

of mystical experiences,
45
–
48

near-death experiences and,
43
–
45

of vision implants,
64
–
65

Nevulis, Rick,
88
,
89

Newberg, Andrew,
45
–
47

Newman, Jana,
91

Nicholson, Jack,
169

99Virions,
222

nitrous oxide,
168

Nixon, Richard,
170

Nolan, Christopher,
27

Normann, Dick,
74
–
75

Northwest Andrology,
257

nuclear energy,
107
–
23

breeder reactors in,
117
–
18

cost of licensing,
111

disasters in,
110
,
116
,
117
,
119
,
122
–
23

early history of,
109
–
10

economics of,
112
–
13

environmental impact of,
113
–
14

fast reactors for,
116
–
19

fuel recycling for,
115
–
16

Integral Fast Reactors,
118

Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors,
119
–
20

reactor types for,
114
,
116
–
23

reconsideration of,
110
–
15

renewables vs.,
111
–
12

safety of,
111
–
12
,
116
–
17
,
118
,
121
,
122
–
23

Small Scale Nuclear Reactors,
119
,
121

traveling wave reactors,
121

waste from,
114
–
15
,
119

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
122

nuclear weapons,
115
,
119

nuns, oneness with the universe of,
45
–
47

NuScale Power,
121

Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
120

Obama, Barack

on asteroid exploration,
149

DNA of protected,
224

on nuclear energy,
111
,
122