[varmintman]

Not enough people checking this one out yet, very major sort of story.

I'd be curious if anybody could actually read through this one and still think all of this stuff could just sort of happen or "evolve"...

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks varmintman, some sidebars:

• Powerful genome barcoding system reveals large-scale variation in human DNA
• Human gene catalog shows it's mostly a mystery
• Peptides may hold 'missing link' to life
• Reply to Eugenie Scott: Intelligent Design is Mostly Harmlessness
• Company plans to sell genetic testing kit at drugstores
• Scientists Create Synthetic Organism
• US team creates first 'synthetic life' (bacteria cell controlled by a synthetic genome)
• Scientists create a living organism
• 'Stress' protein could halt aging process, say scientists
• Team led by Scripps Research scientists discovers body's own molecular protection against arthritis