Revising Gregor Mendel? Challenging a scientific law of inheritance that has stood for 150 years, scientists say plants sometimes select better bits of DNA in order to develop normally even when their predecessors carried genetic flaws. The conclusion by Purdue University molecular biologists contradicts at least some basic rules of plant evolution that were believed… Continue reading

Why I’m not going Wireless anytime soon… (registration required)

Uh-oh Dept. You mean, I may have to re-encode all my movies??? News on the future (or lack thereof) of the DVD format.

More follow up on Da Vinci Code and the Vatican from today’s Publisher’s Lunch: Another Prominent Catholic Is Softer On CODEMonsignor Jose Maria Pinheiro, nominated to be bishop of Sao Paulo just two weeks ago, has adopted a softer position on THE DA VINCI CODE than the Vatican-appointed antagonist Cardinal Bertone. Pinheiro said “I would… Continue reading

According to Publisher’s Lunch newsletter: Vatican Joins in Decoding Da Vinci The DA VINCI CODE is just a work of fiction, but the Vatican is taking its worldwide popularity seriously enough that it has appointed Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Archbishop of Genoa and one of potential candidates to be the next Pope, to counter what… Continue reading