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March 02 2012

derry
19:20

How To Extract Your Own DNA Using Household Items [Video]

You can extract your own DNA with drinking water, salt, dish soap, alcohol, food coloring, and your own spit! This NOVA/PBS-made video shows you how. More »


Tags: watch this Dna Nova Pbs

January 24 2012

derry
15:40

McDonald's Is Spraying Robbers with an Invisible DNA Mist [Wtf]

Apparently, robbing McDonald's has become a thing in Australia. McRobbery's are so rampant down under that McDonald's locations in Aussieland are taking measures to protect themselves by spraying criminals with an invisible mist of DNA. I repeat, AN INVISIBLE MIST OF DNA. The DNA seeps into the criminal's skin and is visible under blacklight for two weeks. More »


Tags: Wtf blacklight Crime Dna Invisible mist McDonalds

January 11 2012

derry
00:00

Salmon Sperm Is Your Next Generation Optical Storage Device [Science]

By adding a bit of silver to a thin layer of salmon sperm DNA and sandwiching it all between two electrodes, scientists have created a data storage device that could lead to a cheaper replacement for silicon. More »


Tags: Science Computing Dna optical storage Salmon Sperm Storage

December 20 2011

derry
23:40

Why Genetic Determinism Is Bad for Humans [Science]

Do you prefer to run in packs or operate as a loner? Your answer is determined by your genes, a new study claims. It's a big shift in social behavior theory, since scientists previously thought the environment determined social behavior. More »


Tags: Science biology Dna epigenetics Evolution Genetic determinism Genetics Michael Skinner Social Behavior

December 14 2011

derry
21:00

A Miracle Drug Keeps This 70-Year-Old Cancer Patient Running Marathons [Science]

Don Wright was diagnosed with myeloma—cancer in his blood cells and bone marrow—two weeks after running his first marathon. His doctor gave him a five-year survival estimate. Eight years later he has run 60 26.2-mile races in 41 states and takes just one pill per day to keep his cancer at bay. More »


Tags: Science Brian Durie Cancer Dna Don Wright Drugs Genome Immunomodulating agents Lenalidomide marathons Multiple myeloma Myeloma Pomalidomide Running Thalidomide Top

September 18 2011

derry
23:00

China Creates "Infinite Hero Bacon" by Cloning Invincible Earthquake Pig [Cloning]

Where does one secure the very best bacon? The supermarket? Shut up, rookie! You secure it from the heroic pig that survived for more than a month buried beneath the rubble of China's horrific Sichuan earthquake. More »


Tags: Cloning Animals China Clones Dna Earthquake Earthquakes genes genetic piggy piglets Pigs Survivors Zhu Jianqiang hero pig

August 10 2011

derry
18:57

New Drug Can Treat Almost Any Viral Infection by Killing the Body's Infected Cells [Medicine]

A new broad-spectrum treatment for viruses could be as effective as antibiotics fighting bacteria, MIT researchers report. The method uses cells' own defense systems to induce invaded cells to commit suicide, preventing the spread of the virus. In lab tests, the new drug completely cured mice that had been infected with influenza. More »


Tags: Medicine Cells Dna draco drug Drugs Illness Republished Research Science Virus Viruses

July 28 2011

derry
14:52

Artificial Intelligence Created Using Human DNA [Science]

A team at Caltech has developed an artificial neural network from human DNA molecules. Yup, we used a bit of ourselves to create artificial intelligence. I think I know how this story ends. More »


Tags: Science Artificial neural network ArtificialBrain ArtificialIntelligence Circuits Dna Dnamolecule Dnamolecules Humandna neural Neuralnetwork

June 23 2011

derry
01:25

Saliva Test Can Tell if You Are Lying About Your Age [Science]

Just when I thought I could get away with saying I was 25 and holding, scientists from UCLA had to design a test that can accurately predict my age from trace amounts of saliva. Just great. More »


Tags: Science age Dna Dr. Eric Vilain Medical Methylation saliva School UCLA

May 02 2011

derry
14:29

Osama Bin Laden's Body Identified Using His Dead Sister's Brain [Osama]

Know how the U.S. military was able to confirm the identity of Bin Laden? They matched his DNA with a sample from his sisters brain which they collected when she died "several years ago." More »


Tags: Osama Brain Brains Dna Government Military Osama dna brain OsamaBinLaden Politics Science

March 15 2011

derry
17:00

The Devastating Health Impacts of a Nuclear Crisis [Radiation]

The Japanese authorities have announced that radiation levels surrounding the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are increasing to potentially harmful levels. New Scientist investigates the health risks associated with nuclear power plant explosions. More »


Tags: Radiation Appic Dna Earthquake Earthquakes Health Japan japan earthquake Japan Quake Japan quake impact Nuclear Nuclear Power Nuclear Power Plants Power Plants Quake Republished Science

February 17 2011

derry
19:20

Our genetic databases are already corrupted [Science]

The big news, back in the day, was sequencing the human genome. It was a long, laborious process, and the resulting document was hardly a page-turner, but it meant that, if someone had the right technology, they could reconstruct human DNA from scratch. They could build a human. Now, they can build a whole lot of things. The National Center for Biotechnology Information has an online listing of genome projects both finished and unfinished, animal and plant. Among others they have the panda bear, the mallard, the moa, and the white-tufted-eared marmoset. The list is far from complete, but the work is ongoing, and one day, aliens may be able to use the web to find the way to re-build all the species on earth. More »


Tags: Science biology Cloning Dna Genetics Sharktopus Top
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