Thursday, January 10, 2008

Forensic DNA Presentation

This morning I listened to a talk by Joan Bienveneuve of the Army Forensics lab. The presentation was part of a seminar held at my day job--Chemical Heritage Foundation. She spoke about identifying the remains of soldiers using DNA. With this process, unknown soldiers have been identified from as far back as the Civil War. Although most IDs are from the Viet Nam and Korean wars.

Anselm Kiefer in the Panthéon--The first major new art installation in the Pantheon in a century

  I returned to the Panthéon after previous visits over the past decade, to see the first new art exhibit in crypt of the Republic in a ce...