On Sunday Patrick May posted an article on The Mercury News titled, We’re connecting – and wasting time – on Twitter. It’s a very insightful article on Twitter in general, its growth in popularity and how some users are utilizing it to get/share information and to conduct business....

Craig Venter – the guy who sequenced the human genome – gave a fascinating talk about creating new life to the folks at TED. It’s captured in the video below. It may be a bit long at 34 minutes but if you’re at all intrigued by the human genome project, genetics in general or...