Tags | Domains | Searches | Statistics | Options | Advanced Search
|
Tags | Domains | Searches | Statistics | Options | Advanced Search |
![Genetic Testing Promises to Reveal Your Child's Sports Aptitude [Mad Genetics]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/e/0/9/6/d/7/2/0/1/2/28d34032b7be096882b154.jpeg) |
Genetic Testing Promises to Reveal Your Child's Sports Aptitude [Mad Genetics]io9 - Dec 1, 2008 For $149 dollars, Atlas Sports Genetics will test your child’s DNA and send you a report listing the sports where your child is likely to succeed. Some parents see it as a way to steer their child toward an activity … Also tagged: testing, science, ethics, eugenics, mad genetics |
![Treatment Could Make Women Live 30 Percent Longer, and Stay Fertile Too [Mad Science]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/4/9/6/e/9/3/a/9/7/1/ce542ec3fb5cbadaea5c31.jpeg) |
Treatment Could Make Women Live 30 Percent Longer, and Stay Fertile Too [Mad Science]io9 - Nov 24, 2008 It turns out that having children at an advanced age won't kill you - instead, it might mean you'll live up to 30 percent longer than average. A group of researchers at the University of California discovered this odd … Also tagged: science, genomics, longevity, mad science |
![A Step-By-Step Guide to Resurrecting the Woolly Mammoth [Mad Science]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/8/f/4/4/0/6/0/d/5/8/65610ce57627fbd7969f0d.jpeg) |
A Step-By-Step Guide to Resurrecting the Woolly Mammoth [Mad Science]io9 - Nov 20, 2008 As our grasp of genetics and cloning grows, the one question everyone asks is, "When can we recreate an extinct species from old DNA?" It just so happens that scientists have quite a bit of woolly mammoth DNA lying … Also tagged: science, top, jurassic park, woolly mammoth, mad science, reversing extinction |
![Transgenic Sculptures Imagine the Fruits of Genetic Manipulation [Sculpture]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/2/2/1/5/3/e/a/9/d/b/d299129b15c14e69e1dd63.jpeg) |
Transgenic Sculptures Imagine the Fruits of Genetic Manipulation [Sculpture]io9 - Nov 16, 2008 Patricia Piccinini’s silicone sculptures imagine a not-so-distant future where humans have mastered genetic manipulation and can create animals to serve their every emotional, social, and ecological need. Her … Also tagged: art, sculpture, statue, transgenic, patricia piccinini |
![A Maelstrom of Weird New Genetic Information [Chart Porn]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/8/3/f/a/c/a/3/3/7/1/849aa38a8771c37fcc9344.jpeg) |
A Maelstrom of Weird New Genetic Information [Chart Porn]io9 - Nov 12, 2008 The human genome was sequenced almost a decade ago. Now we've entered the age of genomics — the study of what genes do, as well as what they don't. A terrific article by Carl Zimmer in the New York Times gives you a … Also tagged: science, biology, chart porn |
![Stop Future Plagues By Mutating Viruses To Death [Mutant Virus]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/d/c/f/1/b/c/f/4/d/3/d8b90a87cda900cb88e2bd.jpeg) |
Stop Future Plagues By Mutating Viruses To Death [Mutant Virus]io9 - Nov 11, 2008 The next time a viral infection starts spreading zombie-like madness across England (or wherever), we might put a halt to the plague before the sequel ever gets made. Our secret weapon will be a designer drug created … Also tagged: evolution, rice university, plague, bioengineering, lethal mutagenesis, mutant virus |
![5,000-Year-Old Mummy DNA Part of New Human Extinction Mystery [Mad Science]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/7/7/d/6/c/6/8/5/b/c/957c47034d9a45ec550959.jpeg) |
5,000-Year-Old Mummy DNA Part of New Human Extinction Mystery [Mad Science]io9 - Oct 30, 2008 The so-called Tyrolean Iceman, a 5,000-year-old mummy found in an Alpine glacier roughly two decades ago, lived in an era when people were smelting copper and living in cities. But a recent study of his mitochondrial … Also tagged: science, top, biology, evolution, genomics, mad science |
![Is Human Evolution Over? [End Of Evolution]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/8/d/a/c/4/a/e/f/7/a/8f4167e667665810503d38.gif) |
Is Human Evolution Over? [End Of Evolution]io9 - Oct 9, 2008 What will the future of humanity look like? We know it probably won’t turn us into a being of pure energy, and it won’t necessarily find us more intelligent or prescient. In fact, according to a leading genetics … Also tagged: society, evolution, human, population, end of evolution |
io9 - Oct 8, 2008
Some kinds of plants evolve so quickly into new species that they surprised scientists compiling a genetic family tree showing how long each species on Earth has existed. Researchers at Yale working on the Tree of Life …
Also tagged: science, biology, evolution, yale, plants, tree of life, mad science, triffids, megamice
io9 - Sep 24, 2008
When Charles Darwin wrote about giant tortoises living on Floreana in 1835, he noted a marked decline in their population from previous years. Eleven years later, another visitor to the island declared the entire …
Also tagged: dna, darwin, extinction, tortoise, reversing extinction