I also like how they mentioned original engine oil and tires like it was a good thing. That oil has to be sludge and those tires have got to be roached out.

It's a Versa, it was ruined when it left the factory.

Now all they need to do is introduce this mutation into the super drought resistant corn strains and we really will have super corn.

A billion? Meaning you want to kill off 6.2 billion people already living? Damn you’re cold blooded.

It sorta looks like someone used a trike motorcycle as a base, and tried to make it look like a normal car.

I made an 8 layer been dip AND watched all of season 3 of House of Cards this weekend so suck it Jon Olsson.

I don't care how frivolous and crazy it is, I want to see them build a structure massive enough to influence the local weather.

It’s not that simple. They are an invasive species that is decimating the natural fish populations, not just in Australia either (a huge problem in some major US waterways as well). Even if they were the most delicious fish in the world (and they aren’t) where the money would be a huge motivator, it would be a…

A physical wall is moronic, but doubling down on monitoring when all that happens when we catch them is they get fed, medical attention, and sent back to their country. There need to be real consequences for illegally entering the country, or people will continue to make their way in regardless of physical or…

My postman is really going to hate me for like 2 or 3 months a year now.

Uhhhhhhh.......yes. This isn’t on the article I’m thinking of, but it says the same thing: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/antibi…

Id like to see NERC show a little humor and roll with Boaty McBoatface, but somehow I dont see that happening.

Side note: the changes in beef cattle are largely explained by the recent prevalence of antibiotic use to “bulk up” the cattle, which generally promotes fat gain over muscle gain. If I’m remembering correctly has to do with how the antibiotics change the gene expression in gut bacteria, promoting production of fat…

The way you wrote the original statement did not indicate you were referring to gene products regulating the gene expression (this being kinja I assumed the worst). Transcriptional regulation is also not encoded inside the product sequence, so knocking out nucleotides inside the browning enzyme sequence shouldn’t…

“but the other gene happened to prevent gene expression” Genes dont regulate the expression of other genes. Thats not how it works. Also, I dont think that any GMOs should require testing; its a public perception thing more than a “science dictates this is a good idea” thing.

If we are editing a cyanide production gene then we should expect to see changes in cyanide production, whether location or amount or whatever. In the mushroom example, they are editing an enzyme that causes browning, and editing that gene by knocking out a couple of base pairs to eliminate production of that specific…

Here is a great Nature article you probably wont read: http://www.nature.com/scitable/topic…

Says the guy scared of GMOs. lol

Alright, you win. I dont have time to teach basic genetics to you via kinja.

Its actually pretty fantastic logic, if you know anything about genetics. I assume you miss the mark on that second statement.