/tags/dna/ Recent bookmarks tagged #dna Mon, 02 Nov 2026 08:24:52 +0000 http://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2011/12/10.html Turns out that our headlining DJ last night, Alan Braxe, has a bladder control problem. That's the generous explanation for why he decided, in the middle of his DJ set, to turn around and piss on our back-wall curtain instead of using the restroom which is twenty feet away.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #dna #dnalounge #dontpeeonjwz #funny #jwz #music #pee</p> Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:08:01 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:20203 dna dnalounge dontpeeonjwz funny jwz music pee http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_environment/10132762.stm "Scientists in the US have succeeded in developing the first synthetic living cell. The researchers constructed a bacterium's "genetic software" and transplanted it into a host cell. "<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #artificiallife #bacteria #biotech #dna #genetics #science</p> Thu, 20 May 2010 19:13:27 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:13397 artificiallife bacteria biotech dna genetics science http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527441.500-horizontal-and-vertical-the-evolution-of-evolution.html?full=true&print=true "JUST suppose that Darwin's ideas were only a part of the story of evolution. Suppose that a process he never wrote about, and never even imagined, has been controlling the evolution of life throughout most of the Earth's history. It may sound preposterous, but this is exactly what microbiologist Carl Woese and physicist Nigel Goldenfeld, both at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, believe. Darwin's explanation of evolution, they argue, even in its sophisticated modern form, applies only to a recent phase of life on Earth."<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #coding #darwin #dna #evolution #genes #genetics</p> Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:28:47 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:12882 coding darwin dna evolution genes genetics http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/unorthodox "This has three odd consequences. The first is that, by the end of sex, the two individuals have become genetically identical. It’s as if you and your mate began coitus as yourselves and finished as identical twins. The second odd consequence is that, partway through its life, a ciliate can radically alter its genetic make-up; genetically speaking, the transformation is so extreme that it’s as if you changed into one of your children. Talk about being reborn."<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #biology #clilates #dna #evolution #genetics #reproduction #science #sex</p> Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:20:43 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:12881 biology clilates dna evolution genetics reproduction science sex http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70869-0.html?tw=rss.index "Lamo's refusal is based on a religious objection to giving blood, and he's willing to provide his DNA in another form."<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #dna #lamo #law</p> Thu, 11 May 2006 17:46:29 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:7015 dna lamo law