As reported in Onward State’s infancy (oh, times were simpler back then), a Penn State team of researchers, led by Stephan Schuster and Webb Miller, were the first to entirely sequence the genome of an extinct animal – the Wooly Mammoth. The folks over at TIME realize what a big deal this accomplishment is, and […]
In fact, he’s not a creationist at all, at least not in the literal sense. Dr. Michael Behe, biochemistry professor at Lehigh University, was invited by the Science and Bible Club to speak last night, reviewing the arguments of his two controversial books Darwin’s Black Box and The Edge of Evolution, directly challenging Darwin’s theory […]
Time travel has always been the stuff of science fiction, but one Penn State alumna, Ronald Mallett (’69), has spent his life attempting to turn it into reality. Mallett was ten years old when his dad passed away of a heart attack. Inspired by a comic book version of H.G. Wells’ classic The Time Machine, […]
Defying the FDA and Penn State Food Services, Sisu, everyone’s favorite on-campus organic grocery, is selling Peanut Butter and Jelly Jam. Chuck Wakefield, assistant director at Findlay Commons in East Halls, said the staff at the commons was well aware of the situation with peanut butter products. “We naturally pulled all the peanut butter products […]
They’ve done it! Stephen Schuster and his amigos have successfully sequenced the full wooly mammoth genome, which comes in at over four billion DNA bases. Webb Miller said, We have shown that it’s possible for small groups of scientists to sequence entire genomes. The group responsible for the sequencing was still mum on whether or […]
Yesterday’s post about woolly mammoth DNA researcher Stephan Schuster was just the beginning. Today, Penn State Live is reporting that Schuster and colleague Webb Miller, Professor of Biology, Computer Science, and Engineering, will be appearing on tonight’s CBS Evening News and tomorrow morning’s Good Morning America to talk about their findings. All this publicity means […]