Dna

Tiny, quivering spheres designed to feed and multiply raise prospect of artificial organisms to make drugs, food and fuelResearchers claim they are closer to creating life from scratch after building tiny, quivering blobs that use lab-made DNA to feed, grow and multiply in a dish.The synthetic cells were made from chemical compounds and are believed to be the first to demonstrate the complete cell cycle of growth, genetic replication and splitting to produce the next generation. Continue reading...

• Fuji Television, MakerVille, and SimStory are co-producing a pan-Asian thriller series titled *Kidnap Game*, which is scheduled to premiere in October. • The plot follows a wave of simultaneous abductions across seven Asian cities, forcing families to compete in missions to save their loved ones. • The ensemble cast features regional stars including Kentaro Sakaguchi (Japan) and Lee Joon-gi (South Korea), alongside actors from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, the Philippines, and Thailand.

Discovery in Siberia suggests bacterium from raw marmots devastated hunter-gatherer tribes about 5,500 years agoThe earliest evidence for an outbreak of plague has been uncovered at late stone age cemeteries in south-eastern Siberia where dozens of hunter-gatherers and their children were buried.Ancient DNA collected from the remains suggests the disease tore through the sparse communities in devastating waves that began about 5,500 years ago, at least two centuries after the bacterium responsible, Yersinia pestis, first emerged. Continue reading...

• Welsh singer Duffy has been seen in public for the first time in 16 years after disappearing from the spotlight in 2010. • The singer, born Amy Duffy, was spotted visiting a café in her hometown of Nefyn, marking her first appearance since her hiatus. • This public sighting follows her recent revelations regarding a traumatic ordeal involving kidnapping and rape.

Researchers also discover that the ancient vines of Chianti, famed for its red wines, produced white fruitDNA extracted from 2,000-year-old grape seeds found in ancient wells in Tuscany has enabled scientists to map the most extensive genetic history of grapevines recovered from a single site, revealing that vineyards of the Roman era formed part of the empire’s sophisticated agricultural network that might have influenced the development of modern winemaking.The research led by scientists at the University of York also found that white grapes once dominated the site in Chianti, an area of Tuscany famous for its red Sangiovese wines. Continue reading...

Woman, 58, was last heard from Monday afternoon and her car was found the next dayA man has been charged over the alleged kidnapping and murder of a woman whose body is yet to be found.Police have been investigating the disappearance of a 58-year-old woman who failed to returned to her home in Sydney’s northwest on Tuesday. Continue reading...

As detainees go on hunger strike over conditions at Delaney Hall, relatives describe concern for loved ones’ wellbeingIn mid-May, Elder Guerra was showering inside the Delaney Hall immigration detention facility when he slipped and fell.Guerra, a Guatemalan immigrant, has been locked up in the New Jersey jail for nearly five months. He was arrested by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials in Newark in January while helping a friend move his snowed-in car. Officers had approached and asked a few questions, according to a relative who spoke with the Guardian. Continue reading...