Not only is it Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday this week, but 2009 also marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species. So it seems this is a fitting week to cull through some of the most useful and interesting online resources relating to Charles Darwin, the Voyage of the Beagle, [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘interesting science’
August 8, 2008
Umapper
Umapper is a web-based map authoring application. You can create flash-based interactive maps and display them on your blog or social network site. It’s easy to use, with step-by-step instructions (pictured here). I created one showing the location of various key scientific discoveries in Europe. Very cool.
July 2, 2008
Personal Genomics
Personal Genomics
I’ve been reading more about some of these web-based personal genomics
services. Firms like 23andMe and Navigenics that are offering personal genome services. Using their home testing kit, you send in a salvia sample and get back “the secrets of your own DNA”.
For $999.00, 23andMe (which, by the way, is funded by Google and
Genentech) promises to provide information [...]
January 22, 2008
PCR movie – lyrics and link
Here is that hilarious PCR advertisement from BioRad. And here are the lyrics to the song: The PCR SongThere was a time when to amplify DNA,You had to grow tons and tons of tiny cells.Then along came a guy named Dr. Kary Mullis,Said you can amplify in vitro just as well.Just mix your template with a buffer and some [...]
January 16, 2008
A brainbow
A brainbow Have you seen these stunning images? They come from Jeff Lichtman’s (Harvard) lab where they’ve genetically engineered mice to furnish them with fluorescent proteins. As the red, green, and blue flourescing proteins are expressed, they reveal a sort of wiring diagram of the brain. Lichtman has dubbed them “brainbows” and explains that the [...]
