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Q&A With Cambrian Genomics’ Austen Heinz
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Q&A With Cambrian Genomics’ Austen Heinz
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James Watson and Francis Crick (right), co-originators of the double-helix model, with Maclyn McCarty (left).
A frequent , but difficult philosophical question is whether human genetics could pass memories or experiences to subsequent generations. A couple or attempts at answering at least part of that question involved the replication accuracy using DNA as a data storage medium. In a paper published in Nature in January, 2013, scientists from the European Bioinformatics Institute and Agilent Technologies proposed a mechanism to use DNA’s ability to code information as a means of digital data storage. The group was able to encode 739 kilobytes of data into DNA code, synthesize the actual DNA, then sequence the DNA and decode the information back to its original form, with a reported 100% accuracy. The encoded information consisted of text files and audio files. A prior experiment was published in August 2012. It was conducted by researchers at Harvard University, where the text of a 54,000-word book was encoded in DNA. Now, new research indicates it may be possible to both encode and decode either purposeful or inadvertant additions to DNA.
Dec. 1, 2013
Courtesy of Nature Neuroscience
and World Science staff
Learned experiences can be transferred through genetic structures—not by changes to genes themselves, but rather, to how they’re “marked” by other molecules, a study reports.
Such “markings” are called epigenetic changes. Scientists in recent years have increasingly recognized them as playing important roles in biological inheritance.
The finding that learned experiences may be transferred this way is part of a recent wave of research overturning what biologists used to assume—that only information in the DNA itself is passed across generations. READ MORE
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Uploaded on Jan 7, 2012
In this video, it will show that Elvis is still alive and a doctor who treated him claims that he is still alive.
From Huffington Post Posted: 02/14/2013 2:20 pm EST | Updated: 02/14/2013 3:53 pm EST
Bigfoot is real … maybe.
After months of waiting for a peer-reviewed scientific journal to publish findings on the validity of alleged Bigfoot DNA evidence, the time has come for answers. But is there enough empirical evidence to finally confirm that the elusive, tall, hairy man-beast of North America really exists? Maybe, but questions have now been raised about the scientific journal publishing the findings.
In November, after a five-year study of purported Bigfoot (aka Sasquatch) DNA samples, Texas geneticist Melba Ketchum and a team of experts in genetics, forensics, imaging and pathology, were anxious for their findings to be published in a scientific journal. On Wednesday, their research appeared in the DeNovo Journal of Science, which seemed to confirm Ketchum’s research about the reality of Bigfoot. . . . Read Complete Report
From youtube updated by SimplyBestNews2013 Published on Dec 2, 2012
Crop Circle’s are one subject that I have been fascinated with since we first started hearing about them. I do believe they contain messages. But messages from whom? Or what? I still haven’t the faintest idea of their origin. Here’s another theory for our puzzlement. Don’t really know where he is going with this, but the presentation photos of the crop circles and illustrations is great! . . . EDITOR
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Uploaded by bigwhoopwanttofight on Sep 1, 2009
From BBC News (Asia)
2 August 2012 Last updated at 03:38 ET
The remains of Australian outlaw Ned Kelly will be handed to his descendants for burial more than 130 years after he was hanged for murder.
The headless remains of Kelly, who led a gang in Victoria in the late 1800s, were identified last November through DNA tests.
The bones were found in a mass grave outside the former Pentridge Prison.
The site’s property developers wanted to keep the remains but Kelly’s family wanted the bones returned. . . . Read Complete Report
from youtube
Published on May 4, 2012 by Alfred Cunningham
“The rise of terrorism and the persistence of social liberation movements highlight the question: what is the right way to respond to a corrupt government, oppression and injustice? The exploits of Ned Kelly, Australian icon and notorious outlaw, raise the same question. Thought a hero by some and a terrorist by others, this documentary sets out to examine the man and the issues and to tell the historically accurate story…Was Ned Kelly an outlaw, a freedom fighter or simply a murderer?” . . . Posted with Documentary
My research indicates that there is one possible source for migration to the Americas that the establishment scientists, educators, or accepted researchers will never mention. To learn of that possibility you have to listen to the oral history of the tribes. . I’ll put up a link to my research on this amazing subject and my findings at the bottom of the page . . . EDITOR
from Science Daily
ScienceDaily (July 11, 2012) — Scientists have found that Native American populations — from Canada to the southern tip of Chile — arose from at least three migrations, with the majority descended entirely from a single group of First American migrants that crossed over through Beringia, a land bridge between Asia and America that existed during the ice ages, more than 15,000 years ago.
By studying variations in Native American DNA sequences, the international team found that while most of the Native American populations arose from the first migration, two subsequent migrations also made important genetic contributions. The paper is published in the journal Nature July 11. . . . Read Complete Report
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from BBC (uk) News
21 June 2012 Last updated at 12:17 ET
By Helen Briggs BBC News
Clues to the origins of the Queen of Sheba legend are written in the DNA of some Africans, according to scientists.
Genetic research suggests Ethiopians mixed with Egyptian, Israeli or Syrian populations about 3,000 years ago.
This is the time the queen, mentioned in great religious works, is said to have ruled the kingdom of Sheba.
The research, published in The American Journal of Human Genetics, also sheds light on human migration out of Africa 60,000 years ago.
According to fossil evidence, human history goes back longer in Ethiopia than anywhere else in the world. But little has been known until now about the human genetics of Ethiopians. . . . Read Complete Report
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Uploaded by NylaRossini on Aug 5, 2011
Visual adaptation of the story of King Solomon
from BBC News
22 May 2012 Last updated at 11:57 ET
A UK-Swiss team will use DNA testing to investigate the origins of remains claimed to be from yeti and bigfoot.
The project will examine hair, bone and other material from a collection amassed by a Swiss biologist – and will invite submissions from elsewhere.
Many cultures relate legends of hairy, humanoid creatures that lurk in the wilds, rarely seen.
But material claimed to be from such creatures have never been subjected to modern scientific techniques.
“It’s an area that any serious academic ventures into with a deal of trepidation… It’s full of eccentric and downright misleading reports,” said Prof Bryan Sykes, from Oxford University.
The researchers will apply a systematic approach and employ the latest advances in genetic testing, aiming to publish in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
“There have been DNA tests done on alleged yetis and other such things but since then the testing techniques, particularly on hair, have improved a lot due to advances in forensic science,” the Oxford geneticist told Reuters news agency.
Modern testing could get valid results from a fragment of a shaft of hair, added Prof Sykes, who is leading the project with Michel Sartori, director of the Lausanne Museum of Zoology.
‘Eyewitness reports’ . . . Read Complete Report