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  • Scientists Manage To Get Picture Of DNA's Double Helix
    November 29, 2012
    Seen here looking suspiciously like a hair under a microscope, scientists have managed to capture an image of DNA's double helix structure for the first time, officially ending the era of me being able to claim DNA is actually shaped like little rainbows. Truly a sad day. The... / Continue →
  • I Refuse To Believe: Scientists Claim It's An Impossibility To Clone Dinosaurs From Preserved DNA
    October 10, 2012
    In soul crushing news, scientists claim there's no chance of cloning dinosaurs from DNA found in the present day because DNA rapidly deteriorates over time, citing that even under optimal conditions every single bond in DNA is broken in less than 1/10th of the time since the mo... / Continue →
  • Rob An Australian McDonald's, Get Hosed With DNA
    January 23, 2012
    McDonald's restaurants (if you can even call them that) in Australia, having suffered from a recent spat of robberies (who the f*** robs a McDonald's? Taco Bell or GTFO), have teamed up with security firm SelectaDNA to install sprayers above its doors that will douse robbers w... / Continue →
  • Scientists To Produce Human Blood Component From Genetically Modified Rice
    November 9, 2011
    Produce human blood, or giant rice monsters? Only time will tell. Chinese scientists at Wuhan University have successfully embedded human genes into growing rice, allowing the plants to produce Human Serum Albumin, the protein that makes up the majority of human blood "plasma... / Continue →
  • Study: Early Humans And Neanderthals Sexed
    July 19, 2011
    Picture related: sexy-time. One look at me and it may come as no surprise, but according to a recent study by an international team of scientists, there's even more evidence early humans and neanderthals made sweet, sweet love together (okay truthfully it probably wasn't that ... / Continue →
  • Mother Nature, You One Cruel B: 'Were-Girl'
    February 28, 2011
    11-year-old Supatra Sasupha has a busted chromosome that's left her with Ambras Syndrome, a rarity that, in case you couldn't tell, causes a person to grow thick hair everywhere. But, despite laser hair removal being ineffective, this isn't a sad story, this is a story of the ... / Continue →
  • Yay: One Step Closer To A Fountain Of Youth
    November 29, 2010
    In a recent act of actually doing something useful instead of trying to kill us all with robots/determine which animal has the biggest balls, scientists have taken a step towards the proverbial fountain of youth. Which may or may yes involve genetic manipulation. I'm gonna be... / Continue →
  • Yeah, This Will End Well: Scientists Develop "Autonomous Bipedal Robot Built Out Of DNA"
    January 22, 2010
    Just when I thought my dino-ribonucleic acids were safe, I get news that scientists have developed autonomous DNA-bots that can biped their little asses around inside me and royally f*** all my insides up. The walking device consists of a strand of DNA that contains a 5',5' li... / Continue →
  • Xtractaurs Dinosaur Toys Sound Promising
    January 18, 2010
    Xtractaurs are a new line of dinosaur toys from Mattel that consist of a plastic model, and the capability to fight your dino against other kids' online in 'My Brute' style matches. Whee, My Brute! The whole set includes a sampled dinosaur and an 'extraction gun'. When playin... / Continue →
  • Tactical Pen Perfect For Stabbing Coworkers. Ahem -- I'm Looking At You, Superficial Writer
    January 5, 2010
    Let's face it, at one time or another we've all wanted to get stabby on a coworker. Sometimes the feeling is fleeting, but usually it's something we think about doing constantly and doodle pictures of. Enter the $20 Campco TacPen (the Tac stands for tactical, not taco, which ... / Continue →