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experiment reveals gray hair means damaged dna – so baldness means lack of dna?

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Can mental or emotional stress damage our DNA? An experiment has shown that the presence of gray hair means that the melanocyte stem cells in hair follicles – that ones that become melanocytes that give color to hair -  have badly damaged DNA. In response, our body forces these DNA damaged stem cells into early…

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June 12th, 2009 comments (5) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: strange + wonderful weird science

dna heroes: geekiest absurdity of a flash game

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Video games make all sorts of activities fun. Cooking Mama makes cooking fun. Harvest Moon makes farming fun. Lode Runner makes self-torture fun. Can a video game make biochemistry fun?

Try DNA Heroes, a flash game that combines Guitar Hero with…well, actually nothing. It’s just GH with electronic music, and instead of notes you get amino acids scrolling down the…

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February 27th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: just plain fun video games