Word: dna
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...course, no such bloom would occur if the American soil were not already faith-saturated. But Ratzinger believes in America's "obvious spiritual foundation," its natural, Puritan-instilled DNA. He is well aware that this is eroding; he thinks we watch too much TV and fears that American secularization is proceeding at an "accelerated pace." But he insists that there is a "much clearer and implicit sense" in the U.S. than in Europe of a morality "bequeathed by Christianity." He has also given earnest thought to the mechanics of this civil religion, specifying that to affect the moral consensus...
...execution, but Pentagon officials said they couldn't be sure it was authentic. So his family - and the Maupins' hometown of Batavia, just east of Cincinnati - has kept a vigil for Matt ever since. A Pentagon official confirmed that Maupin's remains had been found last week, and that DNA testing confirmed his identity...
Clardy, who offered the course last fall, said that his students will continue to extract DNA from strawberries in section. He said he plans to incorporate software into the course so that students can examine molecules in section and on their personal laptops...
...more than just being fantastical daydreams, science fiction also has popularized science by educating the public in a medium more approachable than academic journals. I personally owe much of my embryonic scientific knowledge to science fiction. For example, “Jurassic Park” first introduced me to DNA and cloning, “Star Trek” to faster-than-light travel, and “2001: a Space Odyssey” to artificial intelligence and to the idea that human evolution might not be finished. Most lay-knowledge of science ranging from aliens and asteroid strikes...
...doing. Every fashion show, before the girls or the boys go on the runway, I close my eyes and think of him. Will Gianni approve of this? I tell myself, Yes, he will. He taught me everything I know. Even if my fashion changes, evolves with the millennium, the DNA is the same...