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Synthetic Biological Machine Competition

By Kurt | Published: September 24, 2009
Last year’s winners included bacteria that could produce electricity, e.coli that could hunt and kill other pathogens, and yeast that could give beer high levels of resveratrol. Synthetic biology has been called the science of the 21st century. Rewriting the genetic information of micro organisms can allow scientists to create new genetic machines that can perform [...]
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The Charming Nature Of Human Writing

By Kurt | Published: July 1, 2009
I was reading comments made to items I had posted in my Facebook stream and enjoyed seeing spelling and grammatical errors in some of the comments. It is not uncommon for me to make such errors, as well. I was surprised to experience such appreciation of these mistakes since I am somewhat of [...]
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On This Day In History: Bye Bye Birdie

By Kurt | Published: June 17, 2009
On This Day In History: June 17, 1978 on 12seconds.tv The last member of the rarest species known to us. He became blind in one eye, became old for a sparrow, and yet he persisted as if he knew his sole task was to sustain the bloodline as long as possible. I wondered if he felt [...]
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Daily Quippages 05.28.2009

By Kurt | Published: May 28, 2009
• Rolling Stone covers Australian duo An Horse, video and US tour info, too. • Remember Ruppy?  Now the green, glowing transgenic monkeys – via Discover. • Culled from Twitter, Engadget has some photos taken by the Palm Pre. • From the New York Times, Toys “R” Us buys F. A. O. Schwarz – I hope this turns [...]
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