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negative effects of,
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89
,
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research on,
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90

’roid rage and,
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in sports,
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,
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90
,
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testosterone,
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93
,
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Stewart, Jon,
145

Stratos Project,
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30

Strauss, Lewis,
109

Studebaker, winged,
100

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism,
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34

sugarcane farming,
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89

Sulgin, Alexander,
160

Survival Research Labs,
101

Svalbard Global Seed Vault,
249

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology,
27

synthetic biology,
xv
,
219
,
230

38
,
241

42

Synthetic Genomics,
230

Szilárd, Leó,
109

Talent, Jim,
237

technology

criminal use of,
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36
,
246

democratization of,
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48

disruptive,
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xvi
,
31
,
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evolution and,
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59

irresistibility of,
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xvii

rate of change in,
28
,
57
,
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27

technopatric speciation,
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59

techno-physio evolution,
54

57

telomeres,
191

temporal lobe,
43

45
,
47

48

terraforming,
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95

Terrafugia Transition,
100

Terra Nostra
(Fuentes),
23

TerraPower,
121

terrorism,
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30

bioweapons in,
233

38
,
241

42

FBI biosecurity conferences and,
236

37

information technology in,
235

nuclear energy and,
120

testosterone,
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,
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200

theory of mind,
23

This Is Reality
(Martensson),
27

This Timeless Moment
(Huxley),
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Thompson, Hunter S.,
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,
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thorium reactors,
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20

Three Mile Island,
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,
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Thurmond, Strom,
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14

Time on the Cross: An Economic Analysis of American Negro Slavery
(Fogel & Engerman),
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53

Tito, Dennis,
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Toshiba,
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Toth, Lou,
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tourism, space,
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30

transcendent states,
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47
,
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trans fats,
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transposable elements,
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38

traveling wave reactors,
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Truax, Robert,
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Truax Engineering,
101

Tsiolkovsky, Konstantin,
145

Tsukamoto, Ann,
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“The Tunnel Under the World” (Pohl),
27

tunnel vision,
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42

UK Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution,
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United Nations,
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unity, cosmic,
45

47
,
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,
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US Air Force,
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US Department of Energy,
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,
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van Lommel, Pim,
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,
42

Venter, Craig,
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,
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,
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,
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Vergel, Nelson,
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Virgin Galactic,
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vision

artificial implants for,
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,
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,
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77

cost of artificial,
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76

effects of electricity on,
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,
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81

functional mobility in,
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neuroprosthesis for,
67

religions on,
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retinal implants for,
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67

starry-night effect in,
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65

tunnel, in near-death experiences,
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42

“The Voice” (Butcher),
37

Walter Reed hospital,
15
,
17

Walton, Ernest,
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water impoundments,
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Waterman, Waldo,
100

Watson (artificial intelligence),
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weapons of mass destruction,
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,
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Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate,
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37

weightlifters,
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Weiland, James,
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77

Weissman, Irv,
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,
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,
211
,
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17

Weldon, Dave,
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Weldon Bill,
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West Nile virus,
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,
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What Technology Wants
(Kelly),
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xvii

Whinnery, James,
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42

Wick, Douglas,
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14

Wikileaks,
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,
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Wimmer, Eckard,
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Winkler, Allan,
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World Health Organization (WHO),
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Wright Brothers,
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XPRIZE,
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,
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,
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,
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yellow fever,
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,
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Yesalis, Charles,
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You, Edward,
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Yushchenko, Viktor,
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Zee-Aero,
105

Zucker, Jerry,
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