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Gender wise, the data suggests that The Bible is overwhelmingly biased towards males.

SimLife

That looks like (it was) fun A complex game in which you can create your own ecosystems, animals or vegetables, then watch them eat, evolve, mate, or die. http://www.mobygames.com/game/amiga/simlife

Merry Christmas!

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Synthetic leaf

“The synthetic leaf uses photosynthesis to produce oxygen, by absorbing light, water and carbon dioxide.” “The artificial leaves feature chloroplasts extracted from actual plant cells that are suspended in a material made from silk protein. So when given access to light and water they still produce oxygen, but they’re better suited to surviving off our …

Tardigrades (for the bio nerds)

Tardigrades… (also known as one of the best Adventure Racing team of the NATION! Yes, my team! #bragging #thisisridiculouslyfunny Since 2011 🙂 ) are the most awesome creatures in the world that can withstand extremes conditions! PLUS, they are now the HEROES of a wired article: how cool? “Go ahead and boil it, freeze it, …

Build your first 'Glow in the dark' Farm!

…you’d have to travel a bit, and collect those animals. #ohtheirony Rabbit (Turkey — http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/13/glow-in-the-dark-bunnies-rabbits-istanbul-transgenics_n_3749486.html) Pig (China — (fr) http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2013/12/26/cochons-transgeniques-phosphorescents-chine_n_4503574.html?utm_hp_ref=fr-science) Sheep (Uruguay — (fr)http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2013/04/25/des-moutons-transgeniques-phosphorescents-uruguay_n_3152303.html)

BioArt

Let’s start with the basic review: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioArt   Browse Eduardo Kac’s thought–provoking projects at http://www.ekac.org/transgenicindex.html With the famous Alba, the fluorescent bunny. http://www.ekac.org/gfpbunny.html And Natural History of the Enigma, transgenic flower with artist’s own DNA expressed in the red veins, 2003/2008. Collection Weisman Art Museum. http://www.ekac.org/nat.hist.enig.html   Making people think about synthetic biology, Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg …

Making Chickens Lay Falcon Eggs

If you too dream of a sweater made with woolly mammoth wool….(or not) Read http://biobeans.blogspot.com/2013/06/making-chickens-lay-falcon-eggs-science.html The dawn of De-extinction TED talk by Stewart Brand. Reassembling Extinct Genomes Making Chickens Lay Falcon Eggs

Ero.Coli: synbio video game!

Can’t wait to try it……Ero.Coli!!!! I love the name. http://www.dsynbio.com/