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James Bain, Florida Man, Exonerated After 35 Years Behind Bars

AP | MITCH STACY | Posted 12.18.2009 | Home

Read More: Dna Testing, Dna, Exoneration, Polk County, Seth Miller, Ed Threadgill, Exonerated, Florida-Innocence-Project, James Bain, Home News

BARTOW, Fla. — James Bain used a cell phone for the first time Thursday, calling his elderly mother to tell her he had been freed after 35 years...

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Book Review: Giant Molecules: From Nylon to Nanotubes

Dan Agin | Posted 12.13.2009 | Books

Read More: Plastics, Chemistry, Dna, Giant Molecules, Industry, Polymers, Technology, Business, Macromolecules, Nanotubes, Books News
Dan Agin

What happened in the 20th century was that the puzzle of life, which had passed from philosophers to theologians to zoologists, finally passed to chemists.

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Obesity And Genetics Study Finds Missing DNA Can Promote Childhood Obesity

AP | MALCOLM RITTER | Posted 12.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Dna, Leptin, Britain, Research, Children, Childhood Obesity, Genetics, Obesity, Childhood, Chromosome 16, Hormones, Chromosomes, Study, Living News

NEW YORK — Some children get severely obese because they lack particular chunks of DNA, which kicks their hunger into overdrive, researchers rep...

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DNA 'Barcodes' Reveal Phony Fish Served Up On Menus

wsj.com | By ROBERT LEE HOTZ | Posted 12.04.2009 | Technology

Read More: Dna, DNA Barcode, Fake Food, Phony Fish, DNA Tagging, Fake Fish, Biodiversity, Technology News

Scaled, sliced and hand-rolled, the eight most marketable species in the tuna genus Thunnus are prime candidates for honest error -- or bait and switc...

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Omarion: The Birth of a Mogul

Timothy Cooper | Posted 12.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Dna, Michael Jackson, Timbaland, Soul, Chris Stokes, Grammys, Gold, Washington DC, Lil Wayne, Atlanta, Fat Albert, Film, Music, Los Angeles, Pop Music, 2010, Michael Jackson Death, Hip Hop, The Nicholas Brothers, Paltinum, Fred Astaire, Soul Music, James Brown, Grammy Awards, Gucci Mane, Omarion, B2k, You-Got-Served, Entertainment News
Timothy Cooper

As the airwaves knock to his lead single, I Get It In, superstar Omarion is looking to establish himself as a major force in the industry.

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Oz And Roizen's New Book, "You: Having A Baby" (VIDEO)

abcnews.com | Posted 11.30.2009 | Books

Read More: You: Having a Baby, Video, Genes, Dna, Pregnancy, Pre-Natal Science, Babies, Pregnancy Tips, Books, Having a Baby, You, Mehmet Oz, Real Age, Roizen, Books News

The latest installment of the "YOU" series of self-improvement books, "You: Having a Baby", is full of tips for a healthy pregnancy. The authors, Dr. ...

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Flicking The Switch: The Phenomenal Circuit Board Of The Epigenetic Frontier

Mehmet Oz, M.D. | Posted 11.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Dna, Dr. Oz, Pregnancy, Mike Roizen, You, Epigenetics, Mehmet, Health, Living News
Mehmet Oz, M.D.

There are many myths that surround procreation. Perhaps the biggest one is that a baby will inherit its genetic blend from its parents and whatever winds up in this software code of life is to be endured for better or worse.

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Sushi DNA Tests Reveal Fish Fraud

wired.com | Aaron Rowe | Posted 11.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Japanese Food, Genetic Testing, Dna, Green News, Fraud Fish, Food, Sushi, Endangered Species, Misrepresented Ingredients, Sushi Fraud, Green News

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

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Spitting Into The Future

Lee Schneider | Posted 11.21.2009 | Living

Read More: 23andme, Genetic Testing, Dna, Know the Future, Genetics, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, Living News
Lee Schneider

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

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Humans Still Evolving As Brain Shrinks

LiveScience | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Dna, Brain Scans, Scientific Research, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Brain, Evolving, Human Brain, Science, Evolution, Brain Shrinking, Human Genome, Living News

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...

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UK Considers Using Human DNA In Animals

AP | MARIA CHENG | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

Read More: Dna, DNA Experiments, England, Great Britain, Science, World News

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...

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

David A. Love | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dna, George Bush, Capital Punishment, Execution, Cameron Todd Willingham, Crime, Rick Perry Secession, George W. Bush, Criminal Justice, Rick Perry, Texas, Jim Crow, New Yorker, Prison, Lynching, Forensic Science, Criminal Justice System, Death Penalty, Craig Beyler, Sharon Keller, Politics News
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.

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

AP | Posted 10.23.2009 | World

Read More: Dna Testing, Dna, Brigitte Grenier, Kyle Unger, Crime, Kyle Unger Acquitted, Kyle Unger Murder, World News

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...

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Entrepreneurship May Be Genetic

inc.com | Josh Spiro | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Dna, Genetics, Entrepreneurship, Business, Hormones, Business News

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...

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

Daily Camera. | Daily Camera | Posted 10.19.2009 | Home

Read More: Boulder Murder, Dna, Dna Evidence, Boulder Colorado, 1954 Boulder Murder, Cold Case, Jane Doe, Home News

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...

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

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 10.20.2009 | Impact

Read More: Dna, Altruism, Nurture, Nature, Do Good, Ethnography, Adrian Bell, Culture, Impact News

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

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

Amy Bach | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Exoneration, Dna, Edward Flynn, Criminal Justice System, Walter Ellis, Department of Justice, Evidence, Dna Evidence, Troy Davis, John Dipko, Politics News
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.

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Humans Are All Mutants

BBC NEWS | Posted 10.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Dna, Science, Human Mutants, Genes, Human Genes, Genetic-Mutations, Green News

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

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Scientists Produce Monkeys With DNA From 2 Mothers

Washington Post | Rob Stein | Posted 09.27.2009 | Home

Read More: Dna, Monkey Experiment, Monkeys, Monkey DNA, Home News

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

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Lyme/Autism Group Blasts Genetically Modified Foods as Dangerous

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 10.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Seeds of Deception, Roundup Ready, Roundup, Infertility, Safety Test, Toxin, LIA Foundation, Lyme Induced Autism Foundation, Patient Advocacy, Liberty Herbicide, Campaign for Healthier Eating in America, Soy, Allergy, Shopping Guide, Digestive Disorders, Amy Dean, Cancer, Infant Mortality, Environmental Toxin, Genetic Engineering, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Sterility, Genetically Modified Foods, Corn, Genetically Engineered Foods, Carcinogens, Reproductive Problems, Inflammation, Immune System, Rbst, Beneficial Bacteria, Arpad Pusztai, GE Crops, Gmos, Autistic Spectrum, Bt, Institute for Responsible Technology, Kimberly Wilcox, Liberty Link, Rbgh, Gut Flora, Genetic Roulette, Gmo, Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1, Livestock Disease, Dna, Fraternal Twins, Fda, Side Effects, Immune Reaction, World Health Organization, Autism Relief Foundation, Food Allergies, Herbicide-Tolerant, Lyme Disease, Jannelle Love, Animal Feeding Studies, Genetically Modified Organisms, Igf-1, Soy Allergies, GM Crops, Autism, GE Foods, Bovine Growth Hormone, Non-GMO Shopping Guide, GM Foods, Allergies, Aaem, Non-Gmo, Bt-Toxin, Living News
Jeffrey Smith

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

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DNA Evidence Can Be Fabricated, Scientists Show

New York Times | ANDREW POLLACK | Posted 09.17.2009 | Home

Read More: Dna, Science, Dna Evidence Can Be Faked, Dna Evidence Fabricated, Crime, Dna Evidence, Home News

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

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

AP | MARCUS WOHLSEN | Posted 09.10.2009 | Home

Read More: Stephen Quake, Stanford, Genome, Stephen Quake Genome, Dna, Genome Project, Home News

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...

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DNA Testing of Detained Immigrants Easier Said Than Done

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

Read More: Dna Testing, Dna, Immigrants Dna Testing, Fbi, Fbi Dna Testing, Immigrants Dna, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Politics News

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

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Endangered Species' DNA To Be Stored At Natural History Museum

AP | Verena Dobnik | Posted 08.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Dna, New York, American Natural History Museum, Natural History Museum, American Museum of Natural History, Endangered Species Dna, Endangered Species, New York News

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

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Getting Rich and the Marshmallow

Don McNay | Posted 07.25.2009 | Business

Read More: College Students, Predicting Wealth, Thomas Stanley, Stanford Department of Psychology, Defined Benefit Plans, Discipline, Marshmallow, Main Street, Waylon Jennings, Payday-Loans, Positive Psychology, Fox Business Network, Millionaire Next Door, Stress, Billy Joe Shaver, Small Business Owners, Nursery School, Positive Thinking, New Yorker, Billy-Joe-Shaver, Instant Gratification, Dna, Defined Benefit, 401k, Cincinnati, Stanford University, Lexington KY, Richmond, Fox Business CNBC, Personal Finance, Payday Lending, Msfs, The New Yorker, Dr. Thomas Stanley, Chfc, Cnbc, Millionaires, Pensions, Kentucky, Payday Loans, Don McNay, Ky, Walter Mischel, Credit Cards, Sub-Prime Mortgages, Bing Nursery School, Delayed Gratification, Clu, Structured Settlements, College Student Credit Cards, Adult ADD, Wall Street, Heredity, Sat, Million Dollar Round Table, Genetics, Certified Structured Settlement Consultant, Cssc, Chartered LIfe Underwriter, Tax-Anticipation-Loans, Defined-Contribution-Plans, Business News
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.

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