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Everything you wanted to know! Julian Jackson on Charles de Gaulle (part 1). #France #biography

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Julian Jackson has written the definitive biography of the mythic general who refused to accept the Nazi domination of France. De Gaulle draws on unpublished letters, memoirs, and papers in the newly opened de Gaulle archives that show how this volatile and inspiring leader put his broken nation bac...

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Japanese scientists have taken the next step towards the future of human reproduction by turning blood cells into stem cells, and finally into immature eggs. Hank Greely, author of "The End of Sex," weighs in:

"If we can make human eggs and sperm from skin cells it opens up an enormous number of possibilities for changing how humans reproduce." Easy access to eggs might mean it would become routine to scan the DNA of embryos before anyo...ne tries to have a baby. "Doing genetic testing on a large chunk of every generation of babies before they even become fetuses — while they're still embryos — and having parents and potentially governments pick and chose which embryos go on to become babies — that has lots of implications."

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