by Captain Skellett | Jul 15, 2012 | Recent Research
Something happened when I was spliced, something wrong. Some random event in my chromosomes, I suppose it was. In any event, I wound up lacking. My sister took all the toxin genes, and I was left with nothing. It’s a scary world out there for a fungus without a...
by Captain Skellett | May 22, 2010 | How Things Work, Recent Research
Two days ago scientists at J. Craig Venter announced the creation of the first self-replicating synthetic cell, a bacteria with DNA made in a lab. How did they do it, and what does it mean for us in the future? First up, the scientists didn’t make life out of...
