David Epstein
David Epstein
bikini bottom few flesh inches
A bikini bottom is not much different from what we're wearing. A few inches of flesh isn't going to make a difference.
bishop dent
It was appropriate to do something to make a dent in the compensation that the bishop hadn't received,
amplified copies degraded directly labs samples smaller stain target testing work
In 1994, the testing was done directly on the sample, and if the stain was degraded or too small, you got insufficient results. Now, it's amplified by making copies of the target DNA. So the labs can work with smaller samples or partially degraded samples.
dna percent performed results robust test
Nothing is infallible, but it's much more robust today. When performed to specifications, DNA test results are 100 percent accurate.
allowing careful democracy directly elect founders people worried
We're in a republic, not a democracy. The founders were very careful to say they were worried about allowing people to directly elect representatives.
studying worked
When we started studying it in 1998, frankly, it worked much better than we ever anticipated.