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...much of its produce has yet to make par, there are three wonderfully unusual varietals that show promise - French Wild, Rose Honey and Crystal Dry. Old records show that missionaries originally brought these vines to China's Yunnan province from France some 200 years ago (an origin confirmed by dna testing) - and it's believed that they may be extinct in the home country itself. So far, Chinese winemakers have obtained best results with French Wild (try it with salty hams, like Parma ham or pancetta), which can be acquired for less than $35 a bottle. For more information, visit...
...Sept. 1 Iowa is enforcing one of the toughest statewide bans in the country by barring anyone convicted of a sexual crime against a minor from living within 2,000 ft. of a school or day-care center. That comes just two months after another Iowa bill, which requires DNA samples from all sex offenders and mandates life in prison for anyone convicted of a second sexual offense against a minor. "The public wants this," says Iowa attorney general Tom Miller. "Iowans feel strongly about stopping sexual abuse...
Brad Pitt may want to invest in some horn-rims, as leading men with dorkier DNA are becoming Hollywood's hot dates. A geek lover's guide...
...Life Sciences of Branford, Conn., also announced that it had devised a faster way to sequence DNA. It is selling a $500,000 machine that it claims is equivalent to a $50 million sequencing center...
Compared with previous technologies, which suspended DNA fragments in gel and decoded them using electrophoresis, the new procedure attaches thousands of DNA fragments onto tiny one-micron beads. Four different-colored dyes bind at specific locations, depending on which of the four DNA bases is present, allowing scientists to scan the sample with an epifluorescence microscope to determine its base sequence...