Synthetic Life

In 2001, Craig Venter made headlines for sequencing the human genome. In 2003, he started mapping the ocean's biodiversity. And now, in 2010, he's created the first synthetic lifeforms.

Hold the presses!

I should retract my thoughts for the Trivers-Willard hypothesis which I referred to in an earlier entry as it seems on closer inspection, the statistics might not be significant.