Results tagged “personalgenomeproject”

In Sunday’s New York Times Magazine, Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker discussed his participation in the Personal Genome Project. (We’ll give you a minute to find our coverage of the PGP-10 from November.) Typically, we look at new frontiers in science and marvel how far we’ve come. Pinker’s account of his experience perfectly illustrates the amount of work still necessary to understand the mind-bogglingly complex machinery within us. more ›

After a two-week hiatus learning the finer points of the Neutron Dance, Beaker Hill makes its triumphant return! (Really, we’ve been working on two wonderful in-depth presentations for you, dear reader, that will be displayed with the best Bostonist shine over the next couple weeks.) But in the meantime, we’ve come across a ton of other interesting stories and felt compelled to cherry-pick a couple of our favorites as a small appetizer. So enjoy! more ›