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May 16th, 2019 - 12:47 pm § in Hypocrisy

False Advertising in the Era of Genomics

This is very irritating. As a biologist, I would buy this out of curiosity.  However, I am skeptical that a low pass “full” genome sequence for ten bucks is as useful as a scan for SNPs and known markers. As a consumer, an add saying anything costs “9.95” ought not to mean $[...]

October 15th, 2014 - 7:52 am § in Uncategorized

Lockheed Claims Fusion Power ‘Breakthrough’

Lockheed’s fabled “Skunk Works,” which notoriously concocted iconic Cold War gadgets like the U-2 and SR-71 spy planes (and probably some satellites and other stuff we don’t know about, and maybe even flying saucers), apparently has been tinkering with fusion power, I assume [...]

November 10th, 2013 - 11:03 am § in Uncategorized

Science Hype: Building Organs

Actually, the voice over is rather reasonable.[...]