German scientist Herman Freibach achieved a world first this Thursday, when he successfully combined florescent genes from jellyfish and reindeer. Said Freibach, “This will make all the children of the world interested in science again this Christmas season.” After the formal interview he added: “I’m just glad it came out like the song. I was [...]
Posts Tagged ‘science’
German scientist genetically engineers red-nosed reindeer!
Posted: December 16, 2010 in Entertainment, Music, scienceTags: carol, Christmas, christmas song, genetic engineering, red-nosed, reindeer, Rudolph, science
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My new favorite science podcast
Posted: April 28, 2010 in science, UncategorizedTags: podcast, science, science podcast, this week in science, twis
is…This Week in Science! Available at www.twis.org or on iTunes for free. This podcast covers some of the most interesting, mind-blowing, cool science stories from all across the spectrum. I now carry a small notebook in my back pocket when I’m listening to it so I can jot down some of the coolest tidbits for [...]
good news: HIV can be cured using our own “junk” DNA
Posted: April 28, 2009 in Health/ Wellness, scienceTags: AIDS, biotechnology, HIV, junk dna, sci-fi, science
Check it out here.
Programmable matter, I can’t wait
Posted: March 3, 2009 in design, sci-fi, scienceTags: matter, programmable, programmable matter, sci-fi, science
This is going to be so cool!
teleportation is here…kind of
Posted: January 27, 2009 in sci-fiTags: future, sci-fi, science, teleportation
Well, teleportation has been achieved. This opens many new doors for science (pun intended). I can’t wait to walk through the transporter in my house and instantly be at work, or in Scotland, or Japan,or wherever you want to be. Putting one on top of Everest and then people saying they’ve summitted would be cheating [...]
