Fun with science

So I'd read about extracting DNA from veggies in a blender a few years ago.

But extracting your own DNA as a bar trick? Totally blew my mind.

*Images from respective links.

P.S. As an aside, can anyone explain to me why the contact solution is needed? Doesn't saliva already have a bunch of proteases? Maybe I'm wrong, I'm not exactly a eukaryotic expert.

Bowlicious

Ok, so this project was a series of experiments (I'm a scientist, remember). First, the yarn was dyed with blue and green Kool-Aid. After that, I knit it up as a roll brim hat. Nothing fancy, just a simple chemo cap. Then I wanted to try over-dyeing the already knit piece. So I did that with more blue Kool-Aid. Finally, I wanted to give an honest go at felting (and I have to admit, it was kind of fun.) After less than twenty minutes in the washer, it was on to the pyrex for drying and shaping. I think with subtler colors, this could have been even cooler. But it seems to work quite well as an odds and ends bowl.