Source: dailymail.co.uk

Source: dailymail.co.uk

Source: dailymail.co.uk

Baby Bieber Vs. Alleged Bieber Baby

Bieber Bieber Vs. Alleged Bieber Baby

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1. One theory

   

   (via Av Flox's Twitter)

2. Another theory:

   

   According to this long article on penis bandwidth, one sperm has 740 MB of data, or about exactly as much as a CD.

3. This post also argues that compression may not really be possible, given recent understandings of the importance of "junk" DNA.

4. Now you can make jokes:

   

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What it lacks in dinosaurs, it makes up for in rapping DNA (at the 14:00 mark). Part 2 below.

Meet the ten volunteers for the Personal Genome Project, who are having all of their medical info and genome sequence published online.

The Best Links:

1. #10: James Sherley’s Public Profile
2. #9: Rosalynn Gill’s Public Profile
3. #8: Stanley Lapidus’ Public Profile
4. #7: Keith Batchelder’s Public Profile
5. #6: Steven Pinker’s Public Profile
6. #5: Kirk Maxey’s Public Profile
7. #4: Misha Angrist’s Public Profile
8. #3: Esther Dyson’s Public Profile
9. #2: John Halamka’s Public Profile
10. #1: George Church’s Public Profile
11. John Halamka’s Blog, Life as a Healthcare CIO
12. Misha Angrist’s Blog, Genome Boy
13. How the Personal Genome Project Could Unlock the Mysteries of Life
14. The Personal Genome Project
15. Once We’ve Sequenced Human Genomes, How Do We Understand Them?
16. Gaze Upon the PGP-10

The New Scientist tests out two different DNA partner-matching services.

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Get your whole DNA make-up mapped next year for the low, low price of $5,000.

The Best Links:

1. Five Thousand Bucks for Your Genome
2. Dawn of Low-Price Mapping Could Broaden DNA Uses
3. Has Competition Driven Down Price?
4. Complete Genomics: We’ll Map Your Genes For 5K

Stephen Colbert is all set to have his DNA blasted off into space, as part of a human time capsule dubbed “Operation Immortality”.

The Best Links:

1. ColbertFeed
2. 3001: A Stephen Colbert Space DNA Odyssey
3. Stephen Colbert Will Outlive Us All
4. Stephen Colbert Goes Intergalactic (Press Release)
5. Operation Immortality
6. No Bears In Space
7. Stephen Colbert to have his DNA sent into space
8. About Operation Immortality

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!

The Best Links:

1. Daddy Lives!
2. Video Interview With John Renehan
3. See Video Here

Scientists have discovered a gene in human males that regulates vasopressin and predicts whether they’ll be good at long-term relationships.

The Best Links:

1. Monogamy Gene Found in People
2. “People seem to find it comforting to believe that their behavior is predetermined.”
3. Of Voles and Men: My Low Vasopression Made Me Do It!
4. What The Vole Tells Us About Men And Monogamy
5. “The first time that science has shown a direct link between a man’s genes and his aptitude for monogamy. “
6. AKA The Love-Rat Gene

Lonely? This dating service will find you a match based on the genetic compatibility of your DNA.

The Best Links:

1. eHarmony 3000!
2. “The Future of Dating is DNA Tests and Buccal Swabs, So Get Used to It”
3. “Way More Squicky Than Cloning”
4. Let Science Be The Judge!
5. Meet Your Match (By Spitting In A Jar)