Sunday, August 31, 2014

Barrington Court (NT)

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We were at Barrington Court this last day of August under an autumnal sun, summer already forgotten. The sun's come back in a semi-s...
Friday, August 29, 2014

Recent books

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" Under the Skin " by Michel Faber. This is the (excellent) book which was recently art-house filmed with Scarlett Johansson. Peop...
Friday, August 22, 2014

The story on DNA sequencing

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One company has transformed the economics of gene-sequencing. Here's the story of Illumina and a taste of where things go next. (h/t Ra...

Family History

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We were at the Bristol Records Office and the Bristol Registry Office yesterday hunting down information about my maternal grandfather, Will...
Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Bacon reduced at Waitrose

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Watched " Horizon should I eat meat? " on BBC2 last night (why is it not yet on YouTube?). The bottom line (so many puns) is that ...
Monday, August 18, 2014

A Doctor writes ...

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From my GP today: Dear Mr Seel Thank you for your letter regarding your family history and suggestion for enhanced screening. I think th...
Saturday, August 16, 2014

Can you be too super-secret?

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In Terry Hayes' excellent and scary thriller " I Am Pilgrim ", the hero works for a super-secret and totally deniable organisa...

Westhay Moor and Nature Reserve

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We visited Westhay Moor Nature Reserve this morning, about 15 minutes from Wells on the Somerset Levels. Ponies at Westhay Moor Fli...
Friday, August 15, 2014

The high priests are out again

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From The Times today . "A British writer is facing global protests from scientists for suggesting that there are biological differenc...

Why bother with 23andMe?

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The genetics company 23andMe is no longer permitted (under a current US FDA ruling) to provide you with health advice based on sequencing y...