Be careful what you ask for on the Internet. Sometimes even an honest response can make you feel pretty stupid.
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Alleged to have raped and nearly killed an 8-year-old girl in 1990, Dennis Earl Bradford has walked free for almost 19 years since the crime.
Everyone's chain mail-forwarding family members are searching for pictures of the Human Dog hybrid this morning. It's a sculpture called “The Young Family” by Patricia Piccinini, and is her depiction of what a hu-dog would look like with combined DNA. The real-life scientific hu-dog sample died in a North Korean prison camp years ago. Wait, what?
A little bit of science for you from today's SMBC. DNA is not beautiful - at best, it's just kind of freaky.
Science Buzz Meet the ten volunteers for the Personal Genome Project, who are having all of their medical info and genome sequence published online. The PGP project aims to bring some of the thorny questions of personalized medicine — based on a person's DNA — out into the open.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026873.600-dna-da...
The New Scientist tests out two different DNA partner-matching services. Love: It's actually all about body odor and genes.
Science Buzz Get your whole DNA make-up mapped next year for the low, low price of $5,000. Doesn’t it seem like we’re living in the future sometimes?
Culture Buzz Stephen Colbert is all set to have his DNA blasted off into space, as part of a human time capsule dubbed “Operation Immortality”. In the ever-more-likely scenario that Earth is destroyed, Stephen Colbert will live on amongst the aliens to represent humanity. But he’s not the only one up there! His DNA will be joined by other celebs like Kevin Rose, Robert Scoble, and American Gladiator Beast!
Culture Buzz Five years after his father’s body was initially found and cremated (without the authorities conducting an actual DNA test), one man witnessed his dad alive and well…on daytime TV! It’s quite an amazing story, especially now that John Renehan has reunited with his father, helping him piece together his past. Less amazing? An urn filled with the ashes of a stranger. That’s, like, begging for nightmares.
Science Buzz Scientists have discovered a gene in human males that regulates vasopressin and predicts whether they’ll be good at long-term relationships. Can we submit Don Draper to a DNA test to find out?
Science Buzz Lonely? This dating service will find you a match based on the genetic compatibility of your DNA. In fact, they call themselves the world’s “first global DNA matching service.” Is it too soon to also call them the last?
Twins born to a mixed-race couple in Germany have two different skin colors. Doctors are calling it a rare combination of genes, but I just call it two cute babies. Their names are Ryan and Leo.