In early December [1999], the science journal Nature reported the sequencing of the first human chromosome — a complete transcription of the chemical units (nucleotides) making up the chromosomal DNA.
Biology
Detail from “The Creation of Adam” by Michelangelo (c. 1512)
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The next hot toy: Biochemistry sets
July 3, 2015. Hasbro-Mattel, the toy division of Microsoft Universal, today announced a product that will likely be found under many a Christmas tree later this year: The Little Creator Bioconstruction Set.
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Does the world need smarter mice?
When Mrs. Little’s adopted son arrived at the family home in New York City, everybody noticed that he was not much bigger than a mouse.
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The really amazing things are real
People believe the darnedest things.
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Trading years for tears, and loving it
“You’ll be the death of me yet.” What parent hasn’t said that to a child. Or at least thought it.
Pediculus humanus capitis, the human head louse • Photo by Gilles San Martin (CC BY-SA 2.0)
From lousy to worse
If you are reading this at breakfast, you might want to put it aside until a less gastronomically sensitive moment.
“David Garrick Between Tragedy and Comedy” by Joshua Reynolds (1761)
Did Darwin make him do it?
Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis • CDC/ Dr. Ray Butler; Janice Carr (Public Domain)
Thus we behold a deadly beauty
On the evening of March 24, 1882, an unknown country doctor delivered one of the most important scientific lectures of all time to the Physiological Society of Berlin.
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Cloning humans: It’s going to happen
Ever since Dolly the cloned sheep made her bombshell debut last year, everyone is asking, “What do you think of cloning?”
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To nurture or nature?
Back when I was starting out in science and parenthood, more or less simultaneously, behaviorism was all the rage: Provide the right stimulus, you’ll get the right response.