Many people refer to any effort to work with genetics and nature as "playing God." These people however have nothing to say about man driving one half the nature's species into extinction or burning the Amazon. This hypocrisy has gone on for long enough.
If man can destroy,...
Gregor Mendel: Father of Genetics Born July 20, 1822 Gregor Mendel, who is credited with founding the study of genetics through his work with peas, is celebrated on his birthday with a Google Doodle. Gardener,...
I went on this journey. I ordered the kit from National Geographic, swabbed my cheeks and sent my samples away. In five weeks, I had my genetic blueprint, and once and for all, I know who I am. YankeeJim, aka,...
Geneticist Dr. Craig Venter Creates Synthetic Life Form Dr. Craig Venter and his team of geneticists at the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) have created a synthetic life form by using chemically-created...
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The dog is thought to be the most varied mammal on earth. Even Darwin marveled at the diversity of dog shape, size and colour.There are over 300 recognized domestic dog breeds across the world and they are all of...
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A study of identical and fraternal twins has shown that the love of exercise may in fact be a genetic trait. The study was conducted at the University of North Carolina. 5,334 identical twins and 8,028 fraternal twins participated in the study, which showed that the exercise...
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Scientists have produced monkeys with genetic material created by splicing DNA from two diferent mothers into a single egg. Eventually, this technique could be used on people to combat birth defects and disease passed down from an embryo's mother, but also raises significant...
Waterproof rice gene identified Rice is the staple food for more than three billion people Scientists say they have identified a gene that will allow rice plants to survive being completely submerged in water for up to two weeks. Most rice...
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According to a study on 226 families by Plymouth's Peninsula Medical School, obesity of children is often linked to same-sex parent. Daughters were said to be 10 times more likely to be obese in case of obese...
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There has been a veritable tsunami of contradictions regarding religion -v- science for the lifetimes of many people who have considered this question. . It is an old argument, but one that still prevails...
Is intelligence determined by genes or by the environment? This is one of the most important debates in Psychology. A study by a team of scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has led credence to the theory that intelligence has a strong genetic basis....
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New research indicates that financial risk taking could be genetic with those prepared to take the most financial risk having a particular genetic make up. This could mean that the extravagant risk taking...
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A recent University of California, San Diego study suggests that a great deal of our social networking habits and inclinations are the result of our genes. Nicholas Christakis of Harvard, and Christopher Dawes and...
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Galileo Galilei, when he ws buried in 1642 in unconscreated ground, left a few questions behind him. How could a man with such bad eyesight have made such astute observations about astronomy? Also, how did his bad...
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Sara and Richard Sault welcomed a second child into their lives on December 23, but were surprised when the doctors delivered a 14.2 lb baby by C-section. It supposedly required two doctors to lift the...
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