Genetics Lab or Art Studio?
This summer, DNA 11 established the very first genetics lab devoted to art. Courtesy of DNA 11. Nazim Ahmed remembers when he and his business partner Adrian Salamunovic first came up with the idea....
View ArticleSinfully Delicious Apples That You Should Never Try to Eat
Deacon Jones, by Jessica Rath. Last weekend, I went apple picking. It’s one of my favorite fall traditions, and I have been going every year since I can remember. When I was a kid, my mother made a...
View ArticleThe Story of How An Artist Created a Genetic Hybrid of Himself and a Petunia
DNA splicing joins one of the artist’s genes (red) and an antibioticresistance gene (yellow) in a bacterium, which inserts the genes into petunia cells. Photo by Eduardo Kac. The most radical figure...
View ArticleCreepy or Cool? Portraits Derived From the DNA in Hair and Gum Found in...
Artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg and her DNA-derived self-portrait. Photo by Dan Phiffer. It started with hair. Donning a pair of rubber gloves, Heather Dewey-Hagborg collected hairs from a public...
View ArticleAmazing Sea Butterflies Are the Ocean’s Canary in the Coal Mine
The shelled sea butterfly Hyalocylis striata can be found in the warm surface waters of the ocean around the world. Photo: © Karen Osborn The chemistry of the ocean is changing. Most climate change...
View ArticleWhat Would a Cross Between a Polar Bear and a Grizzly Really Look Like?
The polar bear (left) and grizzly (right) have been known to mate. © Nickolay Lamm/Business Insider. Artist Nickolay Lamm’s depiction of a polar-grizzly hybrid. © Nickolay Lamm/Business Insider. There...
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