Issue date: 10/10/08 Section: Mad Science Welcome, students, to the laboratory! In this classroom, there are only two rules: "please don't touch that," and "no late journal entries will be accepted." We'll be covering the basics (evil cackle, implausible energy sources) early in the course, but things will move up to enormous reanimated cyborg men pretty quickly, so try to keep up. Prerequisites: BIOL 1070. Students who have taken PHIL 1004 (Ethics) will not be admitted. Developing Genetic Traits Ever wish you could curl your tongue, bend your thumb backward or have attached earlobes? Well, in this class, we won't teach you how, because those are inherited traits and you can't just learn that stuff. Seriously, stop worrying about it. None of us can snap our fingers or whistle, so we'll probably just spend the whole class...
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