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Bigfoot Hoax Exposed

2008-11-19T04:53:17Z

The Bigfoot hoax is over: Cornbread's wife has burned the gorilla suit, but D.J.'s Bigfoot Sightings are actually INCREASING! Is he going insane or is there a REAL SASQUATCH running around Appalachia?

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Craig Venter Denounces Race-Based Science Research

2008-11-03T10:42:56Z

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Geneticist J. Craig Venter denounces racially-based science and medical research, arguing that humans are too genetically similar for any major differentiation to have evolved among races.

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The man who mapped the human genome has a new focus: using microbes to create alternative fuels. Craig Venter, maverick biologist, wants to cure our addiction to oil. To do so, he proposes creating a designer microbe -- the heart of a biological engine -- from scratch, then adding genes culled from the sea to turn crops such as switch grass and cornstalks into ethanol.

This could prompt a major shift in the economics of the energy industry and in the process bring Venter to a secondary goal: showing the world he can be as successful as he was at sequencing human DNA.  Venter, a former Vietnam medic, brought about a paradigm shift in genomic sequencing that has entered him in the mythology of science.

He wanted to play God, so he cracked the human genome. Now he wants to play Darwin and collect the DNA of everything on the planet. Venter has graced the covers of Time and BusinessWeek - The Oxonian Society

J. Craig Venter, PH.D. is regarded as one of the leading scientists of the 21st century for his contributions to genomic research and is one of the country'’s most frequently cited scientists. He is Founder and President of the J. Craig Venter Institute and J. Craig Venter Science Foundation, not-for-profit research and support organizations dedicated to human genomic research, exploration of social and ethical issues in genomics, and alternative energy solutions through microbial sources. He is also the Founder and Chairman of the Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR).

Dr. Venter's autobiography A Life Decoded was published in October of 2007.

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Artsworld - Canada DNA art - 27 Sep 08

2008-10-31T15:32:28Z

Canadian DNA art plus pinhole cameras in Colombia.

Scientists studying DNA in the Canadian city of Montreal have recently been dealing with requests from a most unusual client.

Two friends based in the country's capital Ottawa - one a trained scientist, the other a marketing specialist - came up with a fun idea that would surprisingly transform both of their lives.

Descibed as "Andy Warhol meets CSI" the two men send requests off to the DNA lab and then your unique configuration is turned into a work of art.

An idea that was initially met with scepticism and a trickle of requests has now become a viable business and a flood of customers.

Shooting for peace

Pinhole cameras which do not need a lens but just a small opening in a box or tin that manipulates light are a popular science project in many Colombian schools because they are cheap and easy to make.

Now a new initiative Shooting Cameras for Peace is using pinhole cameras to capture the stories of some of the thousands of young people in the Colombian capital Bogota who are forced to live in extreme poverty.

Many had to flee the armed conflict in the countryside, their education and their childhood interrupted.

Since the photography project started hundreds of kids have shared their images with their communities and with the world.

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Breakthroughs in Genetic Life Extension - David Ewing Duncan

2008-10-15T10:49:09Z

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David Ewing Duncan, co-host of NPR's "Biotech Nation," outlines new scientific breakthroughs in aging research.

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David Ewing Duncan discusses Creative Disruptions as a part of The Ethical Frontiers of Science during the 2008 Chautauqua Institution morning lecture series.

David Ewing Duncan is an award-winning, best-selling author of six books and numerous essays, articles and short stories, and a television, radio and film producer and correspondent. He is the co-host of NPR's Biotech Nation. Duncan's most recent book is Masterminds: Genius, DNA and the Quest to Rewrite Life (Harper Perennial), previously titled The Geneticist Who Played Hoops with My DNA and other masterminds from the frontiers of biotech (William Morrow/HarperCollins). His last book was the international bestseller Calendar: Humanity's Epic Struggle to Determine a True and Accurate Year (Harper-Collins/Avon), published in 19 languages, and a bestseller in 14 countries. He is currently at work on Healing Touch: From Shaman's Magic to Digital People, One Man's Intimate Examination.

David is a Contributing Editor to Wired, and Discover, and a science columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, a commentator for NPR's Morning Edition and co-host of BioTech Nation on NPR. He has been a special correspondent and producer for ABC's Nightline and 20/20, and a producer for Discovery Television. He is a correspondent for NOVA's ScienceNow!. He is a regular contributor to National Geographic, Fortune and MIT Technology Review, and was a longtime correspondent for Life. He also writes for Harper's, Atlantic Monthly, Smithsonian, Outside, The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Washington Post Book World, and The New York Times, among others. He contributes to the Dialogues column for Discover.

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The Fight to Keep Genetic Information Private

2008-10-14T18:54:02Z

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David Ewing Duncan, co-host of NPR's "Biotech Nation," discusses GINA - the Genetic Information Non-Descrimination Act - and other efforts resulting from concerns over public access to personal genetic information.

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David Ewing Duncan discusses Creative Disruptions as a part of The Ethical Frontiers of Science during the 2008 Chautauqua Institution morning lecture series.

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Headzup: Bear DNA vs. Seal DNA

2008-11-10T12:57:59Z

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After criticizing earmark money spent studying the DNA of bears, John McCain is asked about Sarah Palin's earmark to study harbor seals.

Read more about it here--
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/11/mccain-palin-dna/

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John McCain Has Something To Say About Earmarks

2008-10-30T21:30:29Z

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McCain's Earmark Hypocrisy: Seals, Crabs, and Bears! Oh My!

2008-10-31T03:31:03Z

John McCain and Sarah Palin on the campaign trail, September 9, 2008

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Re: Madeleine McCann - Sniffer Dogs detect scents

2008-10-31T03:31:16Z

Video Cam Direct Upload

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Jonathan Drori: Why we don't understand as much as we think

2008-11-19T04:27:45Z

www.ted.com Starting with four basic questions (that you may be surprised to find you can't answer), Jonathan Drori looks at the gaps in our knowledge -- and specifically, what we don't about science that we might think we do.

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Paul Rothemund: The astonishing promise of DNA folding

2008-11-13T10:30:19Z

www.ted.com In 2007, Paul Rothemund gave TED a short summary of his specialty, DNA folding. Now he lays out in clear, adundant detail the immense promise of this field -- to create tiny machines that assemble themselves.

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Women@Google: Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn

2008-11-01T03:33:21Z

In June, we hosted Catherine Brady who told the story of Elizabeth Blackburn's life and work and the emergence of a new field of scientific research on the specialized ends of chromosomes and the telomerase enzyme that extends them. On Monday, August 18th we welcome Elizabeth Blackburn herself to our Google San Francisco office.
This event took place on August 18, 2008, as a part of the Women@Google series.

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Spencer Wells: Building a family tree for all humanity

2008-11-04T14:20:48Z

All humans share some common bits of DNA, passed down to us from our www.ted.com African ancestors. Geneticist Spencer Wells talks about how his Genographic Project will use this shared DNA to figure out how we are -- in all our diversity -- truly connected.

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Do You Want to Know What Your Genes Say? ASK THE EXPERT

2008-11-19T04:25:21Z

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Why is direct-to-consumer genetic testing an important issue right now? Why have come states clamped down on new companies offering personalized genetic testing? And what policies can ensure that consumers benefit from safe and accurate genetic testing? CAP's Rick Weiss answers these questions in the latest installment of CAP's ASK THE EXPERT series.

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John McCain: Speech 1/22/08

2008-10-27T03:30:29Z

John McCain
Speech
Fort Walton, FL 01/22/08

TRANSCRIPT:
JOHN MCCAIN: "I need to talk to you about spending. I need to talk to you and give you some straight talk because we've got some economic difficulties today and no one in this room knows that better than the people in this room and the American people. These are tough times. And one of the reasons we're in tough times is because we Republicans let spending get completely out of control. We betrayed the trust of our conservative base when we went on a spending spree of incredible proportions. When we came to power in '94 to change government, government changed us. We presided over the greatest increase in the size of government since the great society and our children are going to pay a price for it . . . "

LABEL: JM FL 1-22 (GR#66) HGAI-Clip A

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Authors@Google: Catherine Brady

2008-10-28T21:30:54Z

Molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn--one of Time magazine's 100 "Most Influential People in the World" in 2007--made headlines in 2004 when she was dismissed from the President's Council on Bioethics after objecting to the council's call for a moratorium on stem cell research and protesting the suppression of relevant scientific evidence in its final report. But it is Blackburn's groundbreaking work on telomeric DNA, which launched the field of telomere research, that will have the more profound and long-lasting effect on science and society. In this compelling biography ("Elizabeth Blackburn and the Story of Telomeres: Deciphering the Ends of DNA"), Catherine Brady tells the story of Elizabeth Blackburn's life and work and the emergence of a new field of scientific research on the specialized ends of chromosomes and the telomerase enzyme that extends them.

Catherine Brady is Assistant Professor in the MFA in Writing Program at the University of San Francisco. She is the author of two collections of short stories, The End of the Class War and Curled in the Bed of Love (a winner of the 2002 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction).

This event took place on June 19, 2008, as a part of the Authors@Google series.

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Craig Venter - Are We Too Over-Reliant on Antibiotics?

2008-10-21T03:31:10Z

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Celebrity geneticist Craig Venter examines possible long-term implications of antibiotics and antiseptics.

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Joining 3.5 Billion Years of Microbial Invention featuring biologist J. Craig Venter.

Biologist, author and businessman Craig Venter discusses his work mapping and synthesizing genomes. Venter recalls his work mapping the human genome and expands on his current work which includes categorizing new genes and species of microbes from ocean water. Venter also explains how microbial research can be used for metabolic engineering and alternative energy sources.

J. Craig Venter, PH.D. is regarded as one of the leading scientists of the 21st century for his contributions to genomic research and is one of the country’s most frequently cited scientists. He is Founder and President of the J. Craig Venter Institute and J. Craig Venter Science Foundation, not-for-profit research and support organizations dedicated to human genomic research, exploration of social and ethical issues in genomics, and alternative energy solutions through microbial sources. He is also the Founder and Chairman of the Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR).

Dr. Venter began his formal education after serving as a Navy Corpsman in Danang, Vietnam from 1967 to 1968. After earning a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and a Ph.D. in physiology and pharmacology, both from the University of California at San Diego and both in three years, he was appointed professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo and the Roswell Park Cancer Institute. In 1984, he moved to the National Institutes of Health, where he developed expressed-sequence tags (ESTs), a revolutionary strategy for gene discovery. In 1992, he founded TIGR, where he and his team decoded the genome of the first free-living organism, the bacterium Haemophilus influenzae, using an original whole-genome shotgun technique. Since then, TIGR has sequenced more than 50 genomes using Dr. Venter's techniques.

Dr. Venter is the author of more than 200 articles and the recipient of numerous honorary degrees, public honors, and scientific awards, including the Financial Times Man of the Year Award, TIME Magazine Man of the Year (runner up), 2002 Gairdner Foundation International Award, and the 2001 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize. Dr. Venter is a member of numerous prestigious scientific organizations including, including the National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and American Society for Microbiology. He was also one of the first 38 people to be selected by Desmond Tutu as part of the "Hands That Shape Humanity" world exhibition.

Dr. Venter's autobiography A Life Decoded was published in October of 2007.

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Craig Venter - Is There Life In Space?

2008-10-22T09:30:16Z

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Celebrity geneticist Craig Venter theorizes on the possibilities of life in space, and argues that the most likely source of life in near space may be human contamination.

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Joining 3.5 Billion Years of Microbial Invention featuring biologist J. Craig Venter.

Dr. Venter's autobiography A Life Decoded was published in October of 2007.

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Craig Venter - Creating Artificial Life

2008-10-21T03:31:10Z

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Celebrity geneticist Craig Venter discusses his laboratory's processes for creating artificial microbes.

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Joining 3.5 Billion Years of Microbial Invention featuring biologist J. Craig Venter.

Dr. Venter's autobiography A Life Decoded was published in October of 2007.

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Craig Venter - The Incredible Biodiversity of the Oceans

2008-10-21T03:31:10Z

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Celebrity geneticist Craig Venter discusses the enormous diversity of microbial life existing in our global oceans.

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Joining 3.5 Billion Years of Microbial Invention featuring biologist J. Craig Venter.

Dr. Venter's autobiography A Life Decoded was published in October of 2007.

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Are GM Foods Here to Stay?

2008-10-16T21:31:01Z

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Author Fred Kaufman discusses the social, cultural and economic impacts of America's ever-increasing shift towards genetically modified foods.

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A Short History of the American Stomach with Fred Kaufman.

Kaufman takes us on a raucous, witty and fact-filled exploration of America's complex and often bizarre relationship with food. From secret raw-milk covens in New York City to "gastroporn" addicts, Kaufman presents an irreverent take on all aspects of the foodie world.

A renowned chronicler of all things gastronomic, Kaufamn's infamous Harper's article, "Debbie Does Salad," which likened the Food Network's camera shots to pornography (he sat down and watched six hours of the network's programming with a porn industry veteran to get her thoughts), generated incredible buzz in the foodie world.

In his most recent article for The New York Times Sunday Magazine, Kaufman turned his subversive gaze on the world of pet food - and hit the "most e-mailed" list.

In his latest work, Kaufman uncovers Puritan anorexia and bulimia and sheds a completely new light on this issue, as does his subversive take on cookbooks and diet books, his explorations into genetically modified food, and the digestive underpinnings of American imperialism - The Commonwealth Club of California

Frederick Kaufman has written about American food culture and other subjects for Harper's Magazine, the New Yorker, Gourmet, Gastronomica, and the New York Times Magazine, among others. He's been a freelancer for years, and published over one-hundred magazine articles, along with three books (Author, A Short History of the American Stomach). He's a contributing editor at Harper's, and teaches at the City University of New York and CUNY's Graduate School of Journalism.

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Preview of Interview with Dr. Bruce Lipton

2008-10-17T15:31:50Z

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Nobel Prizes for Imaging Life

2008-11-19T04:31:48Z

From X-rays to the most complex molecular machineries ever seen, the Nobel Prizes have rewarded a host of advances in scientific and medical imaging that have changed our view of ourselves and the world around us. This video provides an overview of some Nobel Prize-awarded breakthroughs in imaging. For more on Imaging Life visit nobelprize.org

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America's Prison System

2008-10-20T09:29:49Z

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The Mayan Calendar - Welcome to evolution 2012

2008-10-20T03:30:28Z

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