There is surely no more reliable way to kill enthusiasm and interest in a subject than to make it a mandatory part of the school curriculum. Include it as a major component of standardized testing and you virtually guarantee that the education establishment will suck the life out of it.
— Paul Lockhart , A Mathematician's Lament

Archive for June, 2009

Naturally Transgenic Bacteria

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

From Science Daily:
Researchers at Texas A&M University’s Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering have discovered how certain types of bacteria integrate the DNA that they have captured from invading enemies into their own genetic makeup to increase their chances of survival.
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Examining E. coli bacteria, Wood found that the bacteria developed a means of not allowing […]

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