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Archive for April, 2008

Senate passes GINA

Friday, April 25th, 2008 Posted in genomics, politics | 3 Comments »

The Senate has passed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). You can hear NPR's take in their story Senate OKs Bill Outlawing Genetic Discrimination. It seems Sen. Tom ... Read more..

DNA Day

Friday, April 25th, 2008 Posted in genomics | No Comments »

Happy DNA Day. Julie Bierach of KWMU (St. Louis' NPR station) has a story about The Genome Center's DNA Day outreach efforts entitled Young scientists learn about DNA. One ... Read more..

Rev. Jeremiah Wright

Friday, April 25th, 2008 Posted in politics | No Comments »

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright will be on Bill Moyers Journal tonight. Check your local listings. 16"Tell this to the nations, proclaim it to Jerusalem: 'A besieging army is coming from a distant land, raising ... Read more..

The Age of American Unreason

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Posted in politics | No Comments »

Last night, Susan Jacoby was on The Colbert Report to discuss her book, The Age of American Unreason. She touches on themes similar to those raised in my recent post, War ... Read more..

Ballad of Big Nothing

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Posted in politics | No Comments »

you can do what you want to whenever you want to you can do what you want to there's no one to stop you all spit and spite you're up all night ... Read more..

War on Intelligence

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 Posted in politics | No Comments »

I think it is time for the government to declare a War on Intelligence. Typically, when our government declares war on a non-nation state, it prospers. Just think ... Read more..

In the dark

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 Posted in genomics | No Comments »

Recently, my colleague posted a write-up of the recent Helicos publication in Science on their sequencing of the M13 virus genome. I've mentioned Helicos before, but have not really ... Read more..

Expanding the memory

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 Posted in politics | No Comments »

In my recent post on Martin Luther King, Jr., I wrote about how our memory of the man was being oversimplified. Taylor Branch gave a speech and wrote an ... Read more..

MLK

Friday, April 4th, 2008 Posted in politics | No Comments »

Early morning, April 4 A shot rings out in the Memphis sky Free at last, they took your life They could not take your pride In the name of love Pride (in the Name of ... Read more..

Hyperkaster

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 Posted in genomics | 2 Comments »

No, this post is not about the latest Fender guitar. It is about the Illumina Genome Analyzer II (or GA2), formerly known as the Hyperkaster. This latest ... Read more..