Word: genes
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...Love Lucy’ of me to take a souvenir?’” While the common fan cherishes celebrity possessions such as worn-in jeans, Noyer has joined the ranks of those who have gotten even closer to their favorite stars, obtaining a different sort of gene. Not that Noyer is the first eager onlooker to snatch a piece of celebrity memorabilia—and in the process, score rare strands of DNA. In 2006, Jessica Simpson’s discarded gum was sold on eBay for over $400. Britney Spears’ half-eaten egg salad...
...Desmond has posted 19 tackles for loss and one fumble recovery. And with numbers like those, Murphy has to be pleased to have the Bryant brothers back to add depth to an already stellar defensive line. Although the brothers have an older brother and a younger sister, the football gene only seems to have reached the duo. But for the Bryants, it’s still an entire family affair. Their parents are planning to attend half of this season’s games, including last Friday’s night game against Holy Cross...
Political views are often so staunchly held that one wonders whether they aren't hardwired in a person's genes. Indeed, in the past, studies of twins have suggested that DNA may play a role in determining political attitudes. Although no one has yet discovered a gene for, say, supporting the war in Iraq, a small new study by political scientists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and other institutions reports another association between a person's biology and his politics...
...Palin ally, Anchorage Republican Senator Gene Therriault, formed an impromptu spin room after French's statement, telling the cameramen and reporters who crowded around him that Oct. 10 was an "artificial deadline" and that the real question of the investigation was already solved in his mind - Palin had the right to fire Walt Monegan because he was an at-will employee. But the other question is still germane: Did Palin, her staff and her husband pressure Monegan to remove Wooten from the force? There's evidence to suggest they did, starting with Palin's own admission that there were over...
...both: Would you forcibly quarantine people during a pandemic? Should police at a crime scene be allowed to ask everyone in the area for a DNA sample? Scientists around the world are building robots with real brain tissue; inserting a fish gene for cold tolerance into tomatoes; breeding bacteria that can eat oil spills. Should we be worried that we often learn what is happening in the labs only when the results come out of them...