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'Nonsense' In Our Genes: One In 200 Human Genes Superfluous?

sciencedaily.com • Sun 2009 Feb 8, 6:29pm

1 in 200 of our human genes can be inactivated with no detectable effect on our health. A study by Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute scientists raises new questions about the effects of gene loss on our wellbeing and evolution. [Don't be so sure....]

Adolescent Marijuana Use Linked to Nights Out with Buddies

medpagetoday.com • Wed 2009 Feb 4, 9:38pm

The more nights out adolescents have with their friends, the more likely they are to report using marijuana, researchers here said. [Astonishing!]

Extinct ibex is resurrected by cloning

telegraph.co.uk • Mon 2009 Feb 2, 3:35pm

The Pyrenean ibex, a form of wild mountain goat, was officially declared extinct in 2000 when the last-known animal of its kind was found dead in northern Spain. Shortly before its death, scientists preserved skin samples of the goat, a subspecies of the Spanish ibex that live in mountain ranges across the country, in liquid nitrogen. Using DNA taken from these skin samples, the scientists were able to replace the genetic material in eggs from domestic goats, to clone a female Pyrenean ibex, or bucardo as they are known. It is the first time an extinct animal has been cloned.

PDN -- Colocasia gigantea Thailand Giant Strain

plantdelights.com • Thu 2009 Jan 29, 8:26pm

This huge strain of the giant elephant ear was grown from wild collected seed (PES 1003B) from Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand, in 2003 by former PDN Research Manager Petra Schmidt. In the wild, the plants reached a massive 9' tall....