by Captain Skellett | Mar 11, 2010 | Uncategorized
That picture is two genetically male frogs doing the do. One of them has had a sex change, and is now a laydee frog with ovaries! Why has this happened? It’s been blamed on atrazine. The paper was published in the March early edition of PNAS. It adds further...
by Captain Skellett | Feb 26, 2010 | Uncategorized
DNA from newborn babies is being routinely screened for genetic testing, and in some cases the sample is kept indefinitely. Last December a Dublin hospital was found keeping a DNA database in secret and is now under investigation. In the USA and Australia they...
by Captain Skellett | Oct 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Arr, how many times have you sailed across the wide ocean seas brimming with bubbling sea life under the silent surface and wondered how AWESOME it would be if the sea was made of slime? Well wonder no more. Today we makes slime. Slime is a very useful substance,...