Dna

Sushi DNA Tests Reveal Fish Fraud

wired.com | Aaron Rowe | Posted 11.23.2009 | Green


[A] team of researchers from Columbia University and the American Museum of Natural History ordered tuna from 31 sushi restaurants and then used genet...

Spitting Into The Future

Lee Schneider | Posted 11.21.2009 | Living


Lee Schneider

There's a cheap way to know the future and it involves popping a little bit of your spit in the mail.

Humans Still Evolving As Brain Shrinks

LiveScience | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living


Evolution in humans is commonly thought to have essentially stopped in recent times. But there are plenty of examples that the human race is still evo...

UK Considers Using Human DNA In Animals

AP | MARIA CHENG | Posted 11.10.2009 | World


LONDON — British scientists begin a new study on Tuesday to consider how human DNA is used in animal experiments and to determine what the bound...

Governor Rick Perry and His Texas Death Machine Are In Big Trouble

David A. Love | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics


David A. Love

Cameron Todd Willingham is now a free man, but unfortunately it took death to release him from the confines of his prison bars.

Canada: Kyle Unger Acquitted Of Murder After 14 Years In Jail

AP | Posted 10.23.2009 | World


WINNIPEG, Manitoba — A Canadian man who spent 13 years in prison for the murder of a teenage girl in 1990 was acquitted Friday. A judge acquitt...

Entrepreneurship May Be Genetic

inc.com | Josh Spiro | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business


If you made your first sale while still in diapers and your lemonade stand was a substantial contributor to the family income, you've likely been call...

Boulder's 55-Year Old Cold Case Could Be Overturned By DNA Evidence

Daily Camera. | Daily Camera | Posted 10.19.2009 | Home


Boulder County investigators are testing DNA that could solve the mystery of the identity of Boulder's Jane Doe, a young woman whose beaten and partia...

'Doing Good' Isn't In Your Genes, Study Says

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 10.20.2009 | Impact


What makes people help others? Evolutionary scientists have long debated whether our genes have anything to do with behaviors that make us help strang...

Lapses Are the Norm, Not the Exception When It Comes to Our Justice System

Amy Bach | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics


Amy Bach

Law enforcement agencies work independently of each other, and don't coordinate well as a rule. When problems do arise, they are quick to renounce responsibility. Usually, they blame each other.

Humans Are All Mutants

BBC NEWS | Posted 10.18.2009 | Green


Each of us has at least 100 new mutations in our DNA, according to research published in the journal Current Biology....

Scientists Produce Monkeys With DNA From 2 Mothers

Washington Post | Rob Stein | Posted 09.27.2009 | Home


Scientists have produced monkeys with genetic material from two mothers, an advance that could help women with some inherited diseases have healthy ch...

Lyme/Autism Group Blasts Genetically Modified Foods as Dangerous

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 10.07.2009 | Living


Jeffrey Smith

Stop eating dangerous genetically modified foods! That's the upshot of the Lyme Induced Autism (LIA) Foundation's position paper released today.

DNA Evidence Can Be Fabricated, Scientists Show

New York Times | ANDREW POLLACK | Posted 09.17.2009 | Home


Scientists in Israel have demonstrated that it is possible to fabricate DNA evidence, undermining the credibility of what has been considered the gold...

Stephen Quake, Stanford Prof, Sequences Own Entire Genome In A Week

AP | MARCUS WOHLSEN | Posted 09.10.2009 | Home


SAN FRANCISCO — It might not be long until there is a gene scanner in every doctor's office, as DNA sequencing becomes faster and cheaper. A St...

DNA Testing of Detained Immigrants Easier Said Than Done

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Ben Protess And Emily Witt | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics


Seven months after the federal government gave final approval to a controversial plan to collect DNA samples from undocumented immigrants, the program...

Endangered Species' DNA To Be Stored At Natural History Museum

AP | Verena Dobnik | Posted 08.09.2009 | New York


NEW YORK (AP) -- It's not your average library collection: Bits of scorpions and snakes. Tissue from jaguars. Leeches from a hippopotamus. Officials ...

Getting Rich and the Marshmallow

Don McNay | Posted 07.25.2009 | Business


Don McNay

We have a financial system that has played to people's weaknesses. We have allowed people who are prone to instant gratification to have as much credit as they could get their hands on.

Supreme Court Says Convicts Have No Right To Test DNA

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Thursday that a convicted rapist has no constitutional right to test biological evidence used at his trial i...

Senate Rejects Taking Mandatory Felon DNA Samples

AP | Posted 06.20.2009 | Chicago


SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- The state Senate has rejected a plan to start taking DNA samples from everyone arrested on felony charges in Illinois. The ...

Pollution Can Change Your DNA In 3 Days, Study Suggests

National Geographic News | Posted 06.18.2009 | Green


Breathing in polluted air may wreak havoc on our DNA, reprogramming genes in as few as three days and causing increased rates of cancer and other dise...

DNA Records Of Thousands Of Innocent Brits To Be Kept

Independent | Robert Verkaik, Home Affairs Editor | Posted 06.07.2009 | World


The Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is accused today of undermining the principle of "innocent until proven guilty" by insisting on keeping DNA records of...

FBI, States Vastly Expand DNA Databases

New York Times | SOLOMON MOORE | Posted 05.19.2009 | Politics


Law enforcement officials are vastly expanding their collection of DNA to include millions more people who have been arrested or detained but not yet ...

Examining the Fairness and Accuracy of the Penal System

John Terzano | Posted 05.03.2009 | Politics


John Terzano

For the government to reshape our criminal process from "top-to-bottom," as Senator Webb's legislation calls for, it is crucial this commission examines the causes and costs of wrongful convictions.

New Report Analyzes Texas Wrongful Convictions Exposed by DNA

John Terzano | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics


John Terzano

An analysis of all wrongful convictions in Texas reveals distinct patterns in the types of mistakes that lead to convicting the innocent.