Enlarge / Analysis of the reputed self-portrait drawing by Leonardo da Vinci (~1515, Biblioteca Reale, Turin). (credit: C. Tyler/Saiko, Creative Commons) A recently assembled Leonardo da Vinci family tree, spanning 21 generations from 1331 to the present, could pave the way for DNA testing that might confirm whether the bones interred in da Vinci’s grave […]
Enlarge / Fluorescent tagged DNA is the key to a new storage system. (credit: Gerald Barber, Virginia Tech) DNA-based data storage appears to offer solutions to some of the problems created by humanity’s ever-growing capacity to create data we want to hang on to. Compared to most other media, DNA offers phenomenal data densities. If […]
Tristan Thompson has had it with the woman attempting to sully his good name! No, not the model who accused him of cheating on Khloé Kardashian: the woman who insists he’s the father of her baby! According to new legal docs obtained by TMZ, the NBA star is seeking a default judgement against Kimberly Alexander, […]
It’s getting spooky! Apparently Megan Fox’s house is HAUNTED! And she didn’t know it until her knight in shining armor tried to save the day, albeit with the wrong weapon! Machine Gun Kelly revealed the supernatural news on Wednesday’s episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, telling the host he had been called to his girlfriend’s […]
Enlarge / Normal DNA uses adenine (left), while some viruses use diaminopurine instead. DNA is the genetic material used by every living organism. But, in a few edge cases, the four bases of DNA—adenine, thymidine, cytosine, and guanine—undergo chemical modifications. And in viruses, things are far more flexible, with many using RNA instead of DNA […]