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Top Lists
- 1Planning for Irene : Casaubon's Book
- 2'Not responding well to vaccines'-- Separated by a common language : erv
- 3Shrimp on treadmills, laundry-folding robots, and the problem of ridiculing research : The Pump Handle
- 4"Excuse me, there's some food in my bugs!" : Greg Laden's Blog
- 5No place to sit down : Greg Laden's Blog
- 1A study that oversells massage therapy
Orac 02.13.2012
- 2Periodic Table of Swearing
ERV 11.26.2011
- 3Still more evidence that Morgellons disease is most likely delusional parasitosis, 2012 edition
Orac 01.26.2012
- 4More bad science in the literature
PZ Myers 02.02.2012
- 5The Trouble With Theistic Evolution
Jason Rosenhouse 02.12.2012
From NYTimes.com
Latest science stories | More at nytimes.com
- 1Morong Journal: Bataan Nuclear Plant, Never Opened, Now a Tourism Site
- 2At 90, John Glenn Looks Back
- 3Findings: Novelty-Seeking (Neophilia) Can Be a Predictor of Well-Being
- 4Yeast Genetics in ‘The Marriage Plot’ - Scientist Was Fiction, but Not His Work
- 5A Fascinating Growth Spurt at the Uturuncu Volcano in Bolivia
SB Basics
Synthetic Biology
Some engineers use cranes and steel to make their designs reality, but synthetic biologists engineer using tools on a different scale: DNA and the other molecular components of living cells. Synthetic biology uses cellular systems and structures to produce artificial models based on natural order. Read these posts from the ScienceBlogs archives for more:
Pharyngula May 30, 2007
“Playing God”
The Loom January 31, 2008
"Frankenstein Was Here": Synthetic Biology as Graffiti
Discovering Biology in a Digital World July 2, 2006
Build your own virus
