| Silvia Dogliani/Egypt Today
THERES NEVER a dull moment when youre hanging out with the Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities. And with the surge of discoveries in the past few weeks, Zahi Hawass is more frenetic than usual. Freeing up some time for meeting at his office, Hawass is deluged with phone calls and secretaries flooding in every couple of minutes as he talks about two breathtaking new discoveries, massive changes in the operations of the Egyptian Museum, a new high-tech project to study mummies and the unfolding plans for the new Grand Egyptian Museum. .
Bigelow scientist explores new frontiers
The families of David and Lynda McClellan first came to New England in 1620 on the Mayflower and lived here for over 200 years. David is descended from William Brewster, while Lynda is a descendant of Miles Standish. Their families migrated west in the 1840s and 1850s and now, they have come home. David started working at Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences in mid-August. "My dad was a nuclear physicist and died while I was still in high school as a result of a radiation overdose he received back in the 1960s, which caused mutations that affected his blood cells. This had a great influence on me becoming involved in science, particularly, molecular biology," McClellan said. "Bioinformatics is the study of biological information.
DNA pioneer retires after comment on blacks
James Watson, who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize for discovering the structure of DNA, announced his retirement Thursday after controversy erupted over comments he made suggesting that black people are less intelligent than whites. "The passing on of my remaining vestiges of leadership is more than overdue," he wrote in a statement about his departure from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Long Island, which he joined as director in 1968 and helped build into one of the world's leading genetic research institutes. "The circumstances in which this transfer is occurring, however, are not those which I could ever have anticipated or desired." Watson, 79, was quoted in the Sunday Times Magazine of London on Oct. 14 as saying he is "inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa," because "all our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours - whereas all the testing says not really." He subsequently issued a statement saying, "There is no scientific basis for such a belief." Bruce Stillman, president of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, said at the time that the comments had no connection with research at the lab, whose faculty members "vehemently disagree." The lab swiftly suspended Watson's administrative responsibilities as chancellor.
Bono and DATA Receive 2007 Liberty Medal at National Constitution ...
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bono, U2 lead singer and activist, and DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa), the advocacy organization he co-founded to combat poverty and disease in Africa, were presented with the National Constitution Center's 2007 Liberty Medal last night for their groundbreaking work in raising awareness about and spurring a global response to the crisis of AIDS and extreme poverty in Africa. Bono and DATA accepted the prestigious Medal and its accompanying $100,000 prize in a public ceremony at 7:00 p.m. at the National Constitution Center in Historic Philadelphia. All of the prize money will be donated to DATA. During the ceremony, Joseph M. Torsella, National Constitution Center President and CEO, said that this year's recipient is an inspirational example of the power of citizens to elevate important issues to the world stage.
Your DNA Is a Song: Scientists Use Music to Code Proteins
"This produces a chord for each amino acid," King wrote in an e-mail interview. "Because proteins are an interesting mixture of novel and repetitive elements, like music, the translation to music sounds interesting." By changing the rules of how notes are assigned to amino acids, composers can create variations in their songs. However, since all proteins have a basic structure, all the protein songs have a basic structure as well, Clark said. .
Open Thread
From what I have seen she would not qualify for dog catcher because she has never worked a real job like the rest of us. ********************* Humped Back lie of the week: "From the beginning, Mr. Vick has accepted responsibility for his actions, and his self-surrender further demonstrates that acceptance," Billy Martin, Vick's attorney. Right, only after his homeboys turned on him did he accept any responsibility. ******** I think that I am going to take a break from politics for the next few days. My daughter, husband and their 3 kids are here. My oldest son and his 2 are coming and my other son, his fiancée and her son will be here tomorrow. My daughter in Pensacola can't come because her doctor won't let her travel. She is going to fix dinner for about 10 Marines that are in her husband's class at Corry Station that couldn't go home.
Evolution Of The Sexes
Fungi don't exactly come in boy and girl varieties, but they do have sex differences. In fact, a new finding from Duke University Medical Center shows that some of the earliest evolved forms of fungus contain clues to how the sexes evolved in higher animals, including that distant cousin of fungus, the human.A team lead by Joseph Heitman, M.D. has isolated sex-determining genes from one of the oldest known types of fungi, Phycomyces blakesleeanus, findings which appear in the Jan. 10 issue of Nature.Fungi do not have entire sex chromosomes, like the familiar X and Y chromosomes that determine sexual identity in humans. Instead, they have sex determining sequences of DNA called "mating-type loci."Mating-type loci have been found in a number of higher-level fungal species, and exhibit an unusual amount of diversity.
World trade, poverty and the environment in the age of global ...
We have all sorts of reports on the advantages of remittances, and I think that the advantages they offer to developing countries are one of the key issues. But this is less a criticism than another question that needs to be addressed. The second comment, which is perhaps more critical, is that insufficient attention is paid to the major obstacles that exist within countries and within regions (1). I agree that the major problem is with the industrialised countries, but beyond that it is clear that there are major impediments to enterprise creation, creative liberalisation. There are problems with insufficient investment in human capital formation. The entrepreneurs in most developing countries are screwed by their own, rather than by international institutions. This is one of the reasons that I was rather upset by the campaign in Dakar (2).
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