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Genetics

Stewart Brand poses for a portrait during the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. (Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

Marin Environmentalist Claims Recreating Extinct Species Is Possible

Speaking from the prestigious TED Conference in Long Beach Wednesday, Sausalito activist Stewart Brand said scientists are developing the ability to reassemble and extinct animal’s genome, and even recreate the animal itself.

2013/02/28

Mitt Romney (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Opinion: National Review Resorts To Junk Science To Boost Romney

It isn’t just Republican Members of Congress that have junk theories they attach to pseudo-science. Kevin D. Williamson, a conservative writer for the National Review, thinks based on their offspring, genetics and “evolutionary biology” Barack Obama should have ovaries and that Mitt Romney should owns him in this election, “Like a Boss”.

2012/08/23

Alzheimer's

KCBS In Depth: Alzheimer’s Disease

An interview with Bill Fisher, CEO of the Northern California Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, about what is being done to fight the deadly disease.

KCBS–2011/07/10

Cow. (CBS)

HealthWatch: Cloned Cows Produce Human Breast Milk

Scientists in Asia and South America say they are now producing human breast milk in cloned dairy cows.

KPIX 5–2011/06/15

A human skull is displayed at the Hall of Human Origins of the American Museum of Natural History. (AP Photo)

Stanford Study Traces Human Origins To Southern Africa‎

Modern humans may have originated in southern Africa, where hunter-gatherer populations had the greatest genetic diversity, a team of Stanford University researchers said Tuesday.

CBS San Francisco–2011/03/08

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