That being said, the article is rather short in one important area: a suggested mechanism for this sort of inheritance. Without that, it's bound to be mired in controversy for some time.
Of course, Darwin's theories gained significant ground for decades before the discovery of Mendel's work provided a mechanism.
I'm surprised to heat this as "news". We've had a functional solar-powered mesh at McMaster University for years, the product of a research lab:
http://owl.mcmaster.ca/~todd/SolarMESH/
Although, even then, I'm surprised to find that this is worth a "research lab"... it seems like a pretty obvious idea requiring things you can buy at Radio Shack.
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Of course, noone's going to be reading this reply, since I just gave it what The New Republic declared to be the most boring headline in the world. Still. hooray. hooray for canada. *golfclap*
That being said, the article is rather short in one important area: a suggested mechanism for this sort of inheritance. Without that, it's bound to be mired in controversy for some time.
Of course, Darwin's theories gained significant ground for decades before the discovery of Mendel's work provided a mechanism.
I'm surprised to heat this as "news". We've had a functional solar-powered mesh at McMaster University for years, the product of a research lab: http://owl.mcmaster.ca/~todd/SolarMESH/ Although, even then, I'm surprised to find that this is worth a "research lab" ... it seems like a pretty obvious idea requiring things you can buy at Radio Shack.
Sure you do. To paraphrase a famous European, any day of the year is a good day for pi.