PolITiGenomics

Unnatural selection

Friday, March 27th, 2009 Posted in genomics | No Comments »

In a recent series of posts (Embryo screening should be mandatory, Allowing children to be born with severe disease is morally equivalent to child abuse, round 2, and Arguments against ... Read more..

Very gradual change we can believe in

Friday, February 20th, 2009 Posted in genomics, politics | No Comments »

A colleague pointed out the clever image to the right created by Mike Rosulek. Mike has set up a storefront on Zazzle to sell items with the image ... Read more..

Darwin must die, long live Darwin

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 Posted in genomics | No Comments »

A couple of days ago, Carl Safina had an essay in The New York Times entitled Darwinism Must Die So That Evolution May Live that discusses the cult of personality ... Read more..

Pristionchus pacificus

Thursday, September 25th, 2008 Posted in genomics | No Comments »

Have you ever wanted to learn more about parasitic roundworms that feast on the bacteria, fungi and other small roundworms that grow on beetle carcasses after they have died? Well, ... Read more..

No one defies artificial life

Thursday, September 11th, 2008 Posted in genomics | No Comments »

There is interesting story in Wired about an alternative approach to creating artificial life, Biologists on the Verge of Creating New Form of Life. While some are trying to create ... Read more..

Junk DNA

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 Posted in genomics | No Comments »

DNA that does not encode genes or is not in known regulatory regions has long been called "junk DNA". This junk DNA makes up over 90% of the human genome. ... Read more..

Candidates on science

Thursday, September 4th, 2008 Posted in genomics, politics | No Comments »

Scientists and Engineers for America have posted Sen. Obama's responses to questions they sent him regarding his stance on a variety of science-related issues. Sen. McCain has not responded, but ... Read more..

Personal DNA testing

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 Posted in genomics | No Comments »

Last night on NOVA scienceNOW there was a segment on the personal DNA tests currently being marketed to consumers (you can watch the segment on the website, unfortunately no ability ... Read more..

Lincoln and Darwin

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 Posted in genomics, politics | 2 Comments »

It turns out that Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were born on the same day. No, they didn't just share a birthday, they were actually born on the exact same ... Read more..

A gift for the platypus enthusiast

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 Posted in genomics | No Comments »

If you are looking for the perfect gift for the platypus enthusiast in your life, consider a t-shirt with the following image. It is even up to date with the latest ... Read more..