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Genetic breakthrough that reveals the differences between humans Scientists hail genetic discovery that will change human understanding By Steve Connor, Science Editor Published: 23 November 2006 Scie
>30 days ago by ikepigott, 1 User, more info saveDNA as Cosmic Code
"If you possessed technologies so advanced that you could seed life throughout the cosmos, wouldn’t you leave some marker that would identify your work?" Possibly, but even so
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveAdvances In Genetics Should Make Learning Easier, Accor ...
“There’s a long history of biology being excluded from education [...] in understanding learning. We are not taking full advantage of how information from neuroscience and genetics can be used to moti
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveData-storing bacteria could last thousands of years
"...scientists there have developed a new technology that uses bacteria DNA as a medium for storing data long-term, even for thousands of years." They've tested that millennial data life-spa
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveVietnam says it has cloned monkeys and pigs
"Researchers, with foreign scientists' technical assistance, had cloned a small wild pig species as well as long-tailed macaques and rhesus monkeys ... However, most of the cloned animals had sur
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveScientist regrow chicken wing
"A research team [...] has been able to regenerate a wing in a chick embryo -- a species not known to be able to regrow limbs -- suggesting that the potential for such regeneration exists innatel
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveWhen Two Minds Think Alike
"From this and other observations, we've formulated the "assortative mating theory." Its central idea is that both mothers and fathers of children with autism [...] share a common chara
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveLaughable forecasting
"Someone might want to chat with Professor Curry about a career change, staying away from technological forecasting, or at the very least learning more about accelerating change." Debunking
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveBringing back the woolly mammoth - maybe
Recent tests with frozen sperm offer hope that prehistoric animals could be recreated by inseminating modern relatives. Crichton's conceit gets another crack of the whip.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveDebate rages over animal-human chimeras
"Should medical researchers be allowed to create human-animal hybrids to investigate disease?" No easy answer to this one, but I'd lean towards 'yes', myself.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveWhat’s your genetic literacy score?
A test of your understanding of the basic principles of genetics. I'm proud to have scored a perfect ten. I'm horrified that the average score is 4.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveDeath of Y may spawn new human species
Instant science fiction trope; just add 15 million years! When the Y chromosome finally gives up the ghost, it might be that a new species of human will diverge from the regular population. If we're s
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveClones 'would feel individuality'
Three words for you... No. Sh*t. Sherlock. There's an Ignobel Prize entry if ever I saw one.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveCode of the Caveman
A new DNA mapping technique may solve an ancient mystery: Do modern humans carry Neanderthal genes?
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveExperts Discuss the Science and Technology of Tomorrow
Big bunch of futurist articles on the Washington Post website. Well worth a scan.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveButterfly effect: New species hatches in lab
Evolution may be faster than we have previously assumed.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveNews - Do the DNA twist
Researchers at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering have uncovered a missing link in scientists' understanding of the physical forces that give DNA its famous double helix shape.
>30 days ago by tuuli85, 1 User, more info save