While US Scientists seem to spend their time dreaming up ever more exotic laser weapons, here in the UK all the know-alls seem to have been employed by the ministry of the bloody obvious. More evidence of this today as a new report by William Amos at the University of Cambridge tells us that marrying within your close family will increase the likelyhood of, quote-unquote “poor health and infection” in your kids. And a third eye and penchant for chainsaw murder if Hollywood is to be believed. According to research carried out in Gambia, where intermarriage is common, children from…close…families were far more likely to suffer from TB than usual.
So, a huge grant, and dozens of the country’s top brains to tell us:
You can’t shag your sister and expect any good to come from it.
Good work guys!
LINK (New Scientist)
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Are you tired of beating your redheaded child with a plank? Maybe your baby’s upturned nose makes you seethe inwardly? Well, no more, because thanks to the ominously named ‘Dr.Steinberg’, today we move a little closer to full gentech designer child! Steinberg’s company, LA Fertility Institutes revealed techniques that allow parents to pick both hair and eye colour-so I’m assuming gingers like me will be the first to go- and sex selection.
Of course, some boring fuddy-duddy scientists have questioned the morality behind this, claiming it’s the top of a slippery slope, Although Steinberg is adament:
“I would not say this is a dangerous road, it’s an uncharted road”
he told assembled villagers, before closing the drawbridge on his castle and activating the lightning cannon.
LINK (BBC)
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February 25, 2009 – 1:27 pm
As I make my way into the Spectre office each morning, I can’t help but notice the fistfights over the coffee machine, or the bodies hanging from the ceiling fans and chuckling to myself, which may mean I’m wired with the newly mapped ‘brightside gene’. According to Elaine Fox, head of psychology at Essex University:
“We’ve shown for the first time that a genetic variation is linked with a tendency to look on the bright side of life,this is a key mechanism underlying resilience to general life stress.”
So, it’s good news for Smiths fans(who, lets face it, could use some), because if you’re a miserable bastard, you can now blame it on your genes. Of course, this could be a load of rubbish-just like everything else in the entire world.
LINK (Guardian)
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