Browse by Tags

• artifical life
• chromosome
• DNA
• epigenetics
• fuel
• genetic imprinting
• genetics
• life
• nova
• pbs
• synthetic
• TEDtalks
• Venter
• ventor
• xprize
• zimmer

• Craig Ventor: Creating synthetic life

  "Can we create new life out of our digital universe?" asks Craig Venter. And his answer is, yes, and pretty soon. He walks the TED2008 audience through his latest research into "fourth-generation fuels" -- biologically created fuels with CO2 as their Read More...
  Posted Friday, March 14, 2008 5:17 AM by Veritas / 0 Comments

  Tags: genetics, genes, synthetic, genome, life, TEDtalks, chromosome, fuel, ventor

• Carl Zimmer interviews Craig Venter

  Craig Venter, head of the now completed Human Genome Project and director of the J. Craig Venter Institute which is dedicated to the pursuit of many scientific strategies (the study of microorganisms to produce alternative fuels, an XPrize competition Read More...
  Posted Saturday, October 20, 2007 7:25 AM by Veritas / 0 Comments

  Tags: genes, Venter, genome, xprize, artifical life, zimmer

• Nova's Ghost in your genes

  By popular demand, here is the full updated documentary "Ghost in your Genes", aired on PBS's NOVA program on October 16, 2007. Read More...
  Posted Saturday, October 20, 2007 7:17 AM by Veritas / 1 Comments

  Tags: genetics, genes, genome, nova, pbs, epigenetics, genetic imprinting

• How big is your genome?

  This video discusses some strange facts about DNA, genes, genetics and the human genome. How large is the human genome? How does the human genome compare to a PlayStation 3. Is there such a thing as a gay gene? How are the different human races different Read More...
  Posted Thursday, August 09, 2007 11:45 AM by Veritas / 0 Comments

  Tags: genetics, genes, DNA, genome