5 Cool Things About Artificial Hearts
Artificial hearts were invented at a time when progress in science couldn't come fast enough. In 1969, DDT hadn't been banned, vaccines were considered the highlight of the century, and the Green Revolution promoted genetic modification as the way to feed the world's poor in the future.In 2014, the cultural landscape is much different. An alarming subset of the American public thinks food can be chemical-free if they pay extra for it, vaccines are only for poor people in red states, and a Bt protein leads to Frankenfood while Bt spray leads to an organic sticker. Artificial hearts would have a difficult time if they were invented now, there would be talk that Frankenhearts turn people into robots because our ancient ancestors did not have artificial hearts. read more