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Science Hawking’s DNA bound for space to draw attention to human genome sequencing
Science Hawking’s DNA bound for space to draw attention to human genome sequencing | Hawking’s DNA bound for space to draw attention to human genome sequencing |
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| by William Atkins | |
| Thursday, 25 September 2008 | |
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Page 2 of 3 The X PRIZE website, states further that, “The archive will include information on humanity's greatest achievements, messages from people all over the world, and DNA samples from some of our brightest minds and most accomplished athletes." Featured Whitepaper
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Science DiscussionsSome of human’s celebrities who are having their digitalized DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid, or the substance that carries an organism’s genetic information), sent up to the International Space Station on Russia’s Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft within a storage device called the Immortality Drive are listed below: Stephen Hawking (physicist), website http://www.hawking.org.uk/ Lucy Hawking (journalist, and Dr. Hawking’s daughter), Autism Research Center website Stephen Colbert (late-night television host), television website Kevin Rose (creator of Digg bookmarking website), website http://kevinrose.com/ Robert Scoble (tech blogger), website http://scobleizer.com/ Tim Draper (venture capital founder of Draper Fisher Juryetson), DFJ website Joe Ely (songwriter and singer), website http://www.ely.com/ Tracy Hickman (author of science fantasy series Dragonlance), website http://www.trhickman.com/ Go to “Celebrity News” for a complete list of the celebrities participating in the project. Page three talks about the importance that Dr. Hawking feels for genome sequencing with respect to fighting diseases. |
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