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DNA could tell story of Seattle mammoth tusk – San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco ChronicleSEATTLE (AP) — The fossilized mammoth tusk discovered at a Seattle construction site will reveal its age, gender and life story, but probably not for another year, because that’s how long it will take scientists to dry out the water-logged and fragile … and more …read more Source: Seattle News From Google
After decades in prison over murders, DNA evidence frees 2 New York men – CNN
CNN(CNN) — Two men behind bars for more than half their lives over a triple murder walked free this week after DNA evidence tore holes in their convictions. Antonio Yarbough and Sharrif Wilson were teenagers when prison doors clanked shut behind them.Taste of freedom for man at last as his triple murder conviction is vacated […]
Italian court overturns not guilty verdict of Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito in … – Fox News
Fox NewsAn appeals court in Florence on Thursday upheld the guilty verdict against U.S. student Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend for the 2007 murder of her British roommate. Knox was sentenced to 28 1/2 years in prison, raising the specter of a long legal battle …Amanda Knox found guilty of murder again by Italian courtCNN […]
Kercher trial: How does DNA contamination occur? – BBC News
BBC NewsPotential for the contamination of forensic DNA evidence has been highlighted by the Meredith Kercher murder trial. But just how much of a problem is it and what lessons should be drawn? The high-profile retrial of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito, who …Amanda Knox found guilty again in Italian murder caseUSA TODAYAmanda Knox found […]
DNA matches remains to missing autistic boy in New York City – NBCNews.com (blog)
NBCNews.com (blog)Body parts found along the shore of the East River in Queens have been matched by DNA to Avonte Oquendo, the teen who went missing more than three months ago, the NYPD confirmed Tuesday. The body parts were found Thursday night in College Point, …Remains found along New York’s East River are autistic teen’s, […]
Exclusive: Newly Sequenced Plant Genome Solves Darwin’s ‘Abominable … – Design & Trend
Design & TrendThe flower is the only link to the ancient flowers that covered the planet and is helping scientists understand the evolutionary processes that led to the 300,000 species of flowers that currently cover Earth. (Photo : Penn State University). The flower is the only …DNA of Oldest Flowering Plant Solves Darwin’s Evolution MysteryScience […]
Sex and the Siberian Neanderthal: Incest and inter-species action – NBCNews.com
NBCNews.comResearchers extracted DNA from this toe bone of a Siberian Neanderthal female who lived about 50,000 years ago. The first high-quality genome sequence of a Siberian Neanderthal female is throwing up racy details about our ancient relatives’ sex lives: …Neanderthal had flings with relatives, other human ancestorsUSA TODAYNeanderthal genome suggests new, mysterious human lineageChristian Science […]
Jameis Winston Rape Case Dropped Due To DNA, Witness Claim Accuser Was Sexual Aggressor
Jameis Winston Wins 2013 Heisman Trophy, But Dogged By Rape Claim On Twitter And this update: her Facebook page showed her connection with Jamal Roberts, the other man she had sex with within 24 hours before she met Jameis Winston, and also her pattern of going out to bars to have cocktails with other sorority […]
Oldest DNA obtained from human ancestor – Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.ukThe oldest DNA from a relative of modern humans has been extracted from a 400,000 year old thigh bone. Scientists recovered the genetic material from bones thought to belong to a now extinct species of early human known as Homo heidelbergensis, …Why scientists are baffled by a half-million-year-old human thigh bone (+video)Christian Science MonitorBaffling 400000-Year-Old […]
Early Human Interbreeding More Widespread Than Thought, Study Suggests – Wall Street Journal
Wall Street JournalIn a prehistoric maternity test, scientists successfully sequenced the oldest known human DNA—more than 300,000 years old—and found a stranger in the mix, suggesting that interbreeding between early human species in Ice Age Europe was more …At 400000 Years, Oldest Human DNA Yet Found Raises New MysteriesNew York TimesDiscovery of oldest-yet human DNA […]
Hulu Names Fox’s Mike Hopkins As CEO: Bio
“Hulu Names Fox’s Mike Hopkins As CEO.” The news is all over the Internet about Hulu selecting the Fox Networks Group President of Distribution, Mike Hopkins, but who is he and why is he the right choice for Hulu? First, here’s his bio as posted by Fox Networks: Michael Hopkins serves as President, Distribution, Fox […]
Amanda Knox’ Interview With ABC’s Diane Sawyer Was Polarizing
Amanda Knox. As much as I want to believe Amanda Knox didn’t kill her roommate Meredith Kercher, and I don’t believe she did, I’m not sure the interview with ABC’s Diane Sawyer was a good idea. This is the Twitter tweet I released while watching the program: I want to believe Amanda Knox but the […]
Amanda Knox To Be Retried Again In Horrible Example Of “Justice”
Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito have spent four years in jail, were convicted of the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher the first time, then acquitted on appeal, and now, thanks to the Italian Supreme Court, have to stand trial again on the same murder case, only this time Knox has been back in […]
Jon Steward In Lovefest With Admitted Drug User Mike Piazza
Jon Stewart is a comedian, a political satirist. Last night, Stewart did his job, again. He made me laugh, by failing to call one of Major League Baseball’s all-time greatest players on his use of drugs. Drug use in baseball is considered a threat to the integrity of the game and threatens to keep out […]
Yahoo’s Scott Thompson Steps Down; Yahoo’s Bureaucratic DNA Is Killing The Firm
On Sunday, Yahoo!, what was at first a search giant, but now doesn’t seem to know what it is, other than good at covering sports and bringing more content producers to the NFL Draft, lost its sixth CEO since 2001 and just added its seventh: Ross Levinsohn. Here’s the tally: Tim Koogle, Terry Semel, Jerry […]
Morgan Spurlock Tweets To My “Comic Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope” Blog Post
Morgan Spurlock sent a Twitter tweet reaction to my blog post called “Why Is Comic Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope So White?” I wrote the post in response to the trailer for the movie I saw. In fact, just before I continue, I’m going to look at it again: And Morgan’s point-well-taken is that […]
NFL Draft: Andrew Luck’s 70-Yard Bomb Marks Pro Day
Stanford Quarterback Andrew Luck had an outstanding Pro Day down on The Farm, as he threw 50 passes, completing 46 of them and in conditions that were less than perfect, to say the least. But the windy San Francisco Bay Area day didn’t stop Luck from uncorking this 70-yard bomb… And even though it was […]
Amanda Knox Released From Jail; Foxy Knoxy Is Free
In an amazing turn of events, just days after making a tearful and emotional testimony in her own defense, Amana Knox, who with her boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito was accused of killing Meredith Kercher in 2007 in Perugia, Italy, is now free. The statement was read today, and with the judges statement that she was accquitted, […]
Canadian Baby Joseph Maraachli is Alive Because of United States Health Care
Everyone knows who baby Jesus was, but now the media is buzzing about Baby Joseph. Fox News showed footage around one pm today that made a trigger in the brain go off. This is a story that needs to be blogged about – so much being said about negativity of United States Health Care and […]