On Questions and How to Ask Them
But when an adult walks over and in a tone of derision (and the derision is the key point here) asks “Um, is he Asian or something?” I get annoyed.
Continue ReadingBut when an adult walks over and in a tone of derision (and the derision is the key point here) asks “Um, is he Asian or something?” I get annoyed.
Continue ReadingThe newly sequenced Coffea canephora (robusta coffee) genome reveals more tricks up caffeine’s sleeve.
Continue ReadingThe FDA’s recent crackdown on 23andMe throws into question what information consumers are allowed about their own genetic makeup.
Continue ReadingEver wondered what your DNA could reveal about you? 23andMe is a private company that provides affordable DNA testing. For $99, you can find out what your body isn’t telling you.
Continue ReadingBarbara McClintock: Nobel Prize Geneticist, a biography by Edith Hope Fine, is free on Kindle June 16 and 17.
Continue ReadingGeneticist Barbara McClintock, whose birthday we GeekMom types celebrate on June 16, won a Nobel Prize in 1983 for her discovery (decades earlier) that small pieces of DNA can move from one place to another in a genome–a phenomenon known as “jumping genes.” Her biography, Barbara McClintock: Nobel Prize Geneticist, written by children’s book author […]
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