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Rare Male 'Torbie' Kitten Found at Atlanta Shelter
By Joe Peacock - AOL News(June 25) -- The odds aren't quite one in a million, but when you weigh all of the factors that brought Right -- a male tortoiseshell and tabby mix called a "torbie" -- to the Atlanta Humane Society, they might as well be. One look at Right's orange and black coloring and striped markings and it's obvious the cat's a torbie, which in itself isn't very shocking. The surprise came when Right was sent to be altered (or fixed, as it's commonly known). "His intake paperwork said Right was a female," said Dana Widmer, supervisor of spaying and neutering at AHS. "When we shaved the area for ...
Genetic Pioneer Trumpets Birth of First Artificial Life
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(May 20) -- The controversial American scientist who a decade ago developed a remarkable shortcut in mapping the human genome says he's now produced the first version of synthetic life. "Synthia," as Dr. Craig Venter and his research team at the J. Craig Venter Institute have dubbed it, is actually a stripped-down bacterium that's been outfitted with a man-made genome. The creation cost around $30 million. "This is the first synthetic cell that's been made, and we call it synthetic because the cell is totally derived from a synthetic chromosome, made with four bottles of chemicals on a ...
Henrietta Lacks' Story Told at Last, Thanks to Dogged Writer
By Christine Wicker - Politics DailyHenrietta Lacks may have saved more lives than any other person in history. A poor black woman who died almost 60 years ago, her story is everywhere this week thanks to a intrepid reporter named Rebecca Skloot. If you see a photo of Skloot, who's 37 and looks younger, you may be tempted to write her off as the latest pretty young thing the media has fallen for. She is pretty, but that's not all. This time, the hoo-hah is well deserved. Her first book, "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," is a triumph. It got a rave review from The New York Times last week and another favorable look on ...
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