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Some creatures can replace damaged limbs and organs, some can’t. Michael Levin, a Tufts biologist, thinks the difference has to do with subtle electrical signals transmitted between cells. Control those signals, he says, and we could regenerate body parts at will. By michael blanding
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Research into their mysterious world is revealing a close-knit society whose members bond for life and communicate on a wavelength that defies distance. By dale peterson lecturer in English, photos by Karl Ammann |
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Additional Features Robert, Robert, Robert, The Toolbox of Self-Deception, Test Kitchen Confidential
Columns Scholar at Large: The Fuse That Lit the Fire, Kids These Days: Comeback Kids, Animal
Instincts: Cat Tricks, Negotiating Life: Ask, Don’t Tell, Take It From Me: Affordable Europe
Departments Jumbolaya, Newswire, Planet
Tufts, Letters, Bookshelf,
The Big Day, Afterimage |
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