Genetic literacy test, writing advice, tin-foil hats, asteroid deflection…

• 1 – Debate rages over animal-human chimeras
  “Should medical researchers be allowed to create human-animal hybrids to investigate disease?” No easy answer to this one, but I’d lean towards ‘yes’, myself.
  (tags: research embryo bioscience cloning outrage moral debate ethics genetics biology science)
• 2 – What’s your genetic literacy score?
  A test of your understanding of the basic principles of genetics. I’m proud to have scored a perfect ten. I’m horrified that the average score is 4.
  (tags: assessment facts basic literacy genetics test science)
• 3 – Addressing a few writerly issues
  More sound advice for would-be scribblers from Alma Alexander.
  (tags: advice research practice skill publication stories literature books writing)
• 4 – On the Effectiveness of Aluminium Foil Helmets: An Empirical Study
  Nice idea guys, but it seems the whole idea was thought up by the conspiring secret governments in the first place! Mwah-hah-hah!
  (tags: humour signals radio helmet hat tin-foil paranoia conspiracy science)
• 5 – ASUS WL-700gE media server/BitTorrent client/wireless router
  OMG, I really want one! Before they’re banned, that is…
  (tags: computer technology ASUS device storage offline router wifi server media hardware client BitTorrent)
• 6 – The Visual Dictionary – a visual exploration of words in the real world.
  When a word just isn’t enough…why not use a picture of a word instead? Link via Lifehacker.
  (tags: slogans logos signs words photos images resource online dictionary visual)
• 7 – Study: Evolution losing favor in U.S.
  “The United States ranks near the bottom, just ahead of Turkey, in a new survey measuring public acceptance of evolution in 34 countries.” That is just plain frightening.
  (tags: evidence theory science acceptance religion evolution America US)
• 8 – Top 10: Weirdest cosmology theories
  Does what it says on the tin. Link via Bruce ‘Beyond the Beyond’ Sterling.
  (tags: universe brane weird theory reality space physics science cosmology)
• 9 – Mind-controlled Wheelchair
  Does what it says on the tin.
  (tags: prototype invention steering controlled mind electric wheelchair disabled technology Japan)
• 10 – A Novel Strategy for Asteroid Deflection
  Q: How do you stop a big rock hitting your planet? A: Put another smaller rock in the way of it, of course.
  (tags: exploitation resource mining NEO capture scenario prevention impact Earth collision asteroid space)
• 11 – Pluto: Is It a Planet?
  Yes, they are still debating it. No, it won’t really change anything either way. Cheers to Scalzi for the link.
  (tags: astronomy system solar size classification Pluto planetoids planets space)
• 12 – Print out your MMORPG character in 3D
  If this isn’t a sign of how commonplace 3D printing is set to become, I don’t know what it is.
  (tags: ubiquitous technology character MMORPG prototyping instant fabbing printing 3D)
• 13 – The top 10 unintentionally worst company URLs
  Does what it says on the tin.
  (tags: worst names address humour branding URL domains web internet)