Synthetic DNA on the Brink of Yielding New Life Forms
It has been 50 years since scientists first created DNA in a test tube, stitching ordinary chemical ingredients together to make life’s most extraordinary molecule. Until recently, however, even the most sophisticated laboratories could make only small snippets of DNA — an extra gene or two to be inserted into corn plants, for example, to help the plants ward off insects or tolerate drought.
Now researchers are poised to cross a dramatic barrier: the creation of life forms driven by completely artificial DNA.
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Czech hackers on trial for nuke blast on the weather channel
Members of a Czech art group who hacked into television broadcasting with images of a hoax nuclear explosion were charged and will have to stand trial, a state prosecutor said Thursday.
The six members of the Prague-based Ztohoven group were charged last month with spreading false information and face up to three years in jail if convicted, said Dusan Ondracek, the state prosecutor in the northern town of Trutnov, who is in charge of the case.
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A theory on why we really dream
Dreams: Night School “The primary function of negative dreams is rehearsal for similar real events, so that threat recognition and avoidance happens faster and more automatically in comparable real situations.”
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Copyright liner-notes for the future
SomethingAwful’s Bob “BobServo” Mackey has created this fantastic (and eerily believable) set of RIAA liner notes for this year’s CDs. I personally Love the 3rd one.
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Rule 1 of Burrito Project: You do not talk about Burrito Project.
Burrito Project
is an organization which helps feed the hungry and homeless in cities
around the world. The organization encourages people “to get together
with friends and build burritos to take to the streets”. Anyone can
start a Burrito Project and the organization encourages everyone to
help feed the hungry in their local communities. Haven’t heard of the Burrito Project? There’s probably a good, albeit very strange, reason why.
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