genetics

Offers predictions about the economic implications for a future of widely expanding intelligence, and practical career and investment advice on flourishing on the way to the Singularity.

Huntington’s disease is an incurable and fatal degenerative condition that robs people of normal brain function when they should be in the prime of life. This book describes the condition and the genetic causes behind it, follows researchers on their path to scientific discovery, identifies people with the condition who have spoken up for the good of others, and tracks the latest treatments and research aimed at helping those living with it.

"Explores the science and the history behind the specific sequences in our DNA that make us human. Reaching all the way back to the 1850s when Gregor Mendel used his pea plant experiments to solve the mystery of trait inheritance, this book maps out each theory that laid the groundwork to piece together who we are and why ... [and] looks at the important medical advances this knowledge has gained us and the social issues surrounding them"--Provided by publisher.

Poet Christopher Snow, a man who cannot stand daylight, teams up with his genetically engineered dog, Orson, to investigate the abduction of children in Moonlight Bay, California. The children are believed to be prisoners on an army base populated by intelligent animals, produced by scientific experiments. Snow and Orson penetrate the base to search for them. A sequel to Fear Nothing.

Daisuke, a fourteen-year-old boy who turns into his alter ego, the phantom thief Dark, every time he looks at his crush, performs the part of Freedert in the school play, wishing he could have done more to help the real princess who he met while trapped inside a painting.

After seventeen-year-old Cam Stewart escapes from the kidnappers who took him from right in front of his San Diego home, he continues a dangerous adventure that includes finding a mysterious chip in his arm which leads him to question his identity.

An introduction to genetics, with photographs and descriptions of key aspects.

Bill Nye the Science Guy answers questions about genes, and conducts an experiment that shows viewers how to determine if their physical characteristics are similar to those of their parents.

Bill Nye hosts a discussion of genetics, explaining how scientists came to understand the rules of inheritance, discussing subsequent discoveries in the field including those related to DNA, and looking at how DNA sequences are used in forensic investigations.

Explains what genes are and their role in the human body, and discusses DNA, dominant and recessive traits, meiosis, and mutations.