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Gene 'has key schizophrenia role' - About one woman a generation gets it in my family. I wonder if research (this and others) will lead to successful treatment, or if our best hope is through genetic screening of embryos. To deal with a problem, learn and grow through the hardship it brings, or not have to deal with it at all? That's an interesting question to me, and not one easily answered.

Rainbow Jellyfish!

Pile of 30,000 rat tails.

Twins can't be convicted because of DNA similarity. -- For kenscholes

Disappointment in penguinland

If you haven't watched March of the Penguins, and you get the DVD, don't bother watching the movie, just watch the behind the scenes documentary. It's got all the same footage, with actual information and personality. (Sorry Morgan Freeman, I love ya, but the actual filmmaker, with his fun French accent, who actually made an emotional connection with his subject, is more interesting. We did, however, briefly consider trying to play The Shawshank Redemption audio over the penguins.)

Reviewers were all, "oh, it's a nature movie without all the boring documentary stuff!" No, it's long boring shots of penguins sitting around in their own shit while you voiceover about how they love each other. Possibly it was more exciting on the big screen. I'd like Antarctica looming over me. Especially if the movie theatre was really cold. That would actually be kinda awesome.

If they edited the footage down, and put in actual informational narration from a narrator with personality, then I might have really liked it. Kind of like that behind the scenes documentary. Now that was awesome.

I hate people sometimes. "Oh, I don't want to know stuff, I just want to see the cute things. They're just like us!" Because just like penguins, humans find a new true love every new year.

I've been so spoiled by David Attenborough.