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And the winner of the DNA haiku contest is dpasquantonio , for this beautiful thought: A spiral staircase Each step makes you what you are But not who you are dpasquantonio , e-mail me and I'll get you set up with tickets to " Photograph 51 . " Congratulations to all who entered! Entries ranged from the spiritual -- "Almighty spell check Copy and paste for children Hidden file stores soul" ( zakafury ) .... to the forensic "Broken glass from crime A drop of blood left behind Genetic mugshot" ( leopardlabcoat )

LONDON - European researchers are planning to use new techniques to analyze DNA that could help crack the mystery of whether Bigfoot exists. Oxford University and Lausanne Museum of Zoology scientists appealed to museums, scientists, and Yeti aficionados this week to share hair samples thought to be from the mythical ape-like creature. New genetic tests will be done on just a few strands of hair and should be completed within weeks. Even if the sample is judged to come from an unknown species, scientists should be able to tell how closely it is related to other species, including apes or...

NEW YORK - Early humans settled eastern Asia in two waves rather than just one, say two genetic studies that weigh in on a long-running debate among specialists trying to trace the migrations of early humans. The first wave brought in ancestors of present-day aborigines of Australia, while the second brought forerunners of most current residents of east Asia, the studies conclude. One of the studies also showed that a species recently discovered in Siberia that is related to modern humans traveled a much greater distance than believed, ranging farther south and deeper into Asia,...

Police are intensifying their search for a Northern California teen missing for more than two months after arresting a man on suspicion of her murder and kidnapping. Since 15-year-old Sierra LaMar disappeared on March 16, volunteers and authorities have searched fields, open spaces and reservoirs near Morgan Hill, a semi-rural community of 40,240 on the fringes of Silicon Valley. The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office announced Tuesday that searches in reservoirs and waterways in the area will begin once again this week.

NEW YORK - George Eberhardt turned 107 last month, and scientists would love to know how he and other older folks like him made it that far. So he's going to hand over some of his DNA. He's one of 100 centenarians taking part in a project announced yesterday that will examine some of the oldest citizens with one of the newest scientific tools: whole-genome sequencing, the deciphering of a person's complete collection of DNA. Scientists think...

By Jessica Bartlett, Town Correspondent Children from kindergarten and up are invited to learn about DNA this Thursday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Scituate Town Library. Science Sizzlers LLC, an activity group that brings enrichment activities outside the classroom, will aid students create a new species of "bunny," while learning about DNA. It's only one in a series of science activities the group will provide throughout the summer. Sign up is required. If interested, contact 781-545-8727.

NEW HAVEN — Authorities investigating the killing of a Yale University graduate student sought the DNA of the suspect’s fiancee after they found DNA on the lanyard of her identification card consistent with that found on a pen and bloody sock at the crime scene, according to a newly released search warrant. The warrant indicates that authorities wanted Jennifer Hromadka’s DNA through a saliva test to determine whether she had any involvement in the crime. The warrant, released yesterday, does not indicate the test results of the DNA...

R&B Mario D.N.A. J ESSENTIAL “I Choose You’’ Mario appears on the cover of his new album built like a superhero and dressed in black. Looks are deceiving. On the lovely closer, “The Hardest Moment,’’ he sings that he’s “a man who’s not afraid to cry.’’ Now let’s face it: Most modern male R&B vocalists, who are too busy proclaiming that they invented sex, would not utter those words. Throughout this unfussy, beautifully sung set, the 23-year-old Mario taps into the tenderness of early Maxwell.

NEW YORK - James Watson, the 79-year-old scientific icon made famous by his work in DNA, has set off an international furor with comments to a London newspaper about intelligence levels among blacks. Watson, who is chancellor of the renowned Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York, has a history of provocative statements about social implications of science. But several friends said yesterday that he is not a racist. And Watson, who won a Nobel Prize in 1962 for co-discovering the structure of DNA, apologized and said he is "mortified.

LYNN - As a busy courtroom swirled around him, Stephen Rizzo stared hard ahead, his gaze and expression grimly fixed. Nearly five years after he found his daughter's slain body in her bedroom, he would finally see a suspect brought to answer for her death. But when Joshua Rivera. 27, came before the judge to be arraigned Monday, Rizzo hardly glanced his way. As Rivera pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder charges and was ordered held without bail, Rizzo lowered his sight to the floor.

Colorado's first prosecutor-led DNA exoneration of a man wrongfully convicted of murder came after a review of nearly 5,000 cases in a review effort that is spreading nationwide. During the two-year effort, Julie Selsberg, a senior assistant attorney general, and an investigator found one case that troubled them: That of 51-year-old Robert Dewey, a drifter convicted in 1996 and sentenced to life in prison for the 1994 rape and murder of 19-year-old Jacie Taylor in her apartment in the western Colorado city of Palisade.

A prosecutor told jurors Tuesday that blood stains, DNA and testimony from survivors would provide enough evidence for a conviction in the first murder trial from a 2010 Michigan stabbing spree that left more than a dozen victims bleeding in Flint-area streets. Elias Abuelazam has been in custody since he was captured at an Atlanta airport two summers ago while trying to flee to Israel, his native country. Inside his luggage and an SUV, police said they found dried blood and DNA from Arnold Minor, a 49-year-old man stabbed while walking alone after...

Robert Dewey was 33 when he went to prison for the 1994 rape and murder of a Colorado woman. The 51-year-old walked away free Monday, after new testing of DNA evidence pointed to someone else as the suspect. At a court hearing Monday, a judge dismissed charges against Dewey and declared him a free man. Dewey flashed a small smile through his trim beard. He told reporters he just wants to kick back, ride his motorcycle and spend time with his family. "Contrary to popular belief, the world doesn't stop when you go to prison," said Dewey, wearing glasses...

DNA will be crucial evidence in the first trial related to a series of stabbings that killed five people in Michigan and injured many more in summer 2010. Jury selection starts Tuesday in the trial of Elias Abuelazam, a native of Israel who is charged with killing a 49-year-old man in Flint. Prosecutors say Arnold Minor's DNA was in dried blood found in the suspect's Chevy Blazer and in his luggage. Defense attorney Brian Morley says DNA will be "tough" evidence to overcome.

A judge has ruled that a Vermont woman charged with her husband in the killing of a prep school teacher must provide a DNA sample to police. On Monday, the judge denied Patricia Prue's motion to dismiss the request for DNA collection. Prue, 33, and her husband - Allen Prue, 30, of Waterford - are charged with second-degree murder and unauthorized disposal of a body in the March 28 killing of Melissa Jenkins, 33, of St. Johnsbury. The Caledonian-Record reports that Patricia Prue has denied being involved.

The mysteries of why I am me and you are you are, to no small degree, coded in our DNA. The social differences that cause us so much irritation -- the calm versus the fidgeters, the extroverts versus the introverts -- almost certainly have some basis in our genetics.  Write the best haiku about DNA, and win two tickets to " Photograph 51 " at Central Square Theater, opening Thursday and running through March 4. "Photograph 51"...

An expert says restaurants around the world will soon use new DNA technology to assure patrons they are being served the genuine fish fillet or caviar they ordered. In October, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration officially approved so-called DNA barcoding to prevent the mislabeling of seafood. Other regulators around the world are also considering adopting DNA barcoding. David Schindel, a Smithsonian Institution paleontologist and executive secretary of the Washington-based Consortium for the Barcode of Life, says he has started discussions with the...

State officials have failed to collect the DNA samples of roughly 20,000 convicted felons, as required by law and dictated by the courts, leaving a gaping hole in the State Police DNA database, said state public safety officials. The absence of the samples was discovered recently during the mandated updating of the state's Criminal Offender Record Information database, and it raised concern among law enforcement officials that felons were evading the law and have been going unnoticed.

Jurors who entered the mysterious world of DNA evidence when they began hearing the case of ex-police detective Stephanie Lazarus have begun their deliberations with both the prosecution and defense asking them to consider more than just the genetic key. The eight women and four men began their deliberations Tuesday after hearing two days of intense final arguments. They were to resume their talks Wednesday. The statements by prosecutors and defense attorneys came on the heels of more than three weeks of testimony in a case that lay dormant for 26 years and was...