Tagged With "DNA"

This seems to be a good year for royal discoveries; the remains of Richard III were found under a parking lot in Leicester last year. Now if only someone could locate Jimmy Hoffa...and Judge Crater!

I don't think we'll find Hoffa until they start tearing down some of these old ball stadiums... Somewhere deep in the concrete I think!

I think this is horrible. Lets see if people will elect to still travel there. I won't be for sure.

Nor will I, Rob (not that it was on my list, in any case, so no loss). And we thought the full-body scanners were invasive!

You've seen Florida sand in abundance Rob. No need to see it all again.

This is amazingly creepy. Perhaps they want to run genetic profiles on their visiting guests -- things that might tell them if they have, say, a Jewish heritage. I don't think the Kuwaiti monarchy has any idea of how most people will react to such a test, but they also might not care.

Archaeologists believe they may have found some of the bones of 9th century British monarch, King Alfred the Great, an important ruler during his day.  DNA tests were performed on a pelvic bone dug up at the medieval abbey in Winchester and...

Kuwait will take travelers DNA Samples by end of year

There's an old saying that it's a bad idea to go shopping when you're hungry. Now we find it's that way for burglary, too. An otherwise successful German burglar has been taken down by a bite of sausage. In February, burglars broke into a supermarket in Anspach by breaking down a door. They tried the office safe and couldn't get in, but they did take €300 worth of cigarettes with them. And one of the burglars, unable to resist a delicious temptation, took a hefty bite out of a pork...

Toronto, a great weekend destination from many places, has a new attraction: Mammoths and Mastodons, at the Ontario Science Center.