Genetics Nerd Mugs

'Professor Dinsmore talked about a major breakthrough in his cloning experiments!'

Striving to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, scientists attempt to harness the energy of a toddler's tantrum.

Gifts for a cloned baby!

Ascent of Machine.

"With less ice these days this provides better camouflage."

"Something's wrong with the broccoli. Please take it back to the kitchen and have it genetically modified."

Conflating Science and Grammar. The boy threw the ball. What grammatical role does "ball" play in this sentence? An object in motion!

The Age of Reptiles. . .

"I'm an evolution denier. There's no way those people come from us."

'...so if we can save enough maybe, just maybe, next year we'll be migrating courtesy of British Airways.'

Save the whales. . . Save the pandas. . . Save the planet.

'Oh dear. He's got my eyes.'

Neil Armstrong Outtakes

Vaccine

The real reason why flamingos are pink

"I've been genetically modified!"

'If only Darwin could have seen this.'

"I'm afraid you need knee surgery."

Pregnant Panda at Edinburgh Zoo: 'Congratulations, Wilkinshaw...'

Naked Mole Rat

"My problem is a recessive gene for honesty and a dominant gene for robbery."

School. I like solving problems with X's and Y's, so I'll probably go into either math or genetics!

Gene Therapy

'I would love to be more energetic, but there is nothing I can do: It's a genetic condition...'

'Friends, lab rats, country mice, lend me your ears...'

"And what qualifications do you bring to the table beyond being first in line?"

'Okay, I see it now...lame in the third hind leg on the left side!'

Cliff Notes

Worries of the first single cell organism. Should I divide? Maybe I won't like my other self! Maybe it won't like me! Two might be nice company. Three, though, that could be crowded.

"You looked a lot bigger on your dating profile."

"No son of mine is going into entomology."

Why giraffes hate winter

"Nasty sunburn."

Genetic Fingerprinting.