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Stanford Magazine (May/June 2007) asks, What’s the next step in human evolution?
Luigi “Luca” Cavalli-Sforza, professor emeritus of genetics, is a pioneer in “genetic geography,” a field that uses DNA to help understand human migration throughout history.
…A major genetic change which started already some centuries ago, with the navigation of the oceans, and is becoming faster now, […]
Chickens are where it’s at right now as far as artist Mary Sprague is concerned.
The human figure—I’ve never been able to identify with it. I don’t do drawings of humans because they don’t tell you the truth. They give you all the details and information, but you’re just drawing about what genes a person inherited.
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On March 14, 2007, Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, testified before the House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means. Here’s an excerpt of his testimony entitled, The Threat of Genetic Discrimination to the Promise of Personalized Medicine (pdf):
As you can see, the science of genomic medicine is rocketing […]
In Joan Rothschild’s The Dream of the Perfect Child, she looks at how prenatal testing has changed the way families experience pregnancy and public perception of disability. About three decades ago, ultrasound, amniocentesis, and other prenatal tests became a routine part of a pregnant woman’s prenatal care. Since then, parents have agonized before, during, and […]
Is it just me? Or does everyone come across genetics, genes, and DNA almost everywhere?
From Madeleine Albright’s memoir, Madam Secretary:
As the twenty-first century began, the world was fascinated by breakthroughs in engineering and research–among them the cloning of sheep, the mapping of DNA, the development of new medicines, and digital technology. I have no quarrel […]
“The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry about from science, along with behavior control, genetic engineering, transplanted heads, computer poetry and the unrestrained growth of plastic flowers.”
~Lewis Thomas (November 25, 1913 - December 3, 1993) was a physician, poet, etymologist, essayist, administrator, educator, policy advisor, and researcher.
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From a ComingSoon.net interview of Denzel Washington about his latest movie, Deja Vu.
Tony [Scott, the director] was saying look, we want to steep this in facts about surveillance and what it’s capable of and pushing that envelope and a lot of what we’re doing and what you see, they are capable of, I don’t know […]
Oops. In my book review, I forgot to quote my favorite bit of Michael Crichton’s book, Next.
Op-Ed Commentary from the New York Times:
A “SOCIABILITY GENE”? WHEN WILL THIS NONSENSE STOP?
Columbia University researchers now claim to have found a sociability gene. What’s next? The shyness gene? The reclusive gene? The monastic gene? How about the get-off-my-back […]
Here’s another quote from Susan Blackmore’s response to The Edge World Question Center 2006 question of the year: What is your dangerous idea?
Everything is pointless
…each person is unique even if that uniqueness is explained by their particular combination of genes, memes and environment, rather than by an inner conscious self who is the fount of […]
From Wired:
New genes demand expression — third eye.
~ Science fiction writer Greg Bear
via Thought Experiments
More short stories but in 55 words at 55 Fiction.
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