Comments on: Scientists Look for DNA on Envelopes That Amelia Earhart Licked http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/02/22/scientists-look-for-dna-on-envelopes-that-amelia-earhart-licked/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Fri, 25 May 2012 18:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Erick http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/02/22/scientists-look-for-dna-on-envelopes-that-amelia-earhart-licked/comment-page-1/#comment-63871 Erick Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:20:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=16367#comment-63871 Perhaps the archive of material at http://www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol/aearhart/ would be all they need. " The Papers are divided into seven series: Flying Career, 1927-1938; n.d. (2.5 Cubic ft.) Personal and Family Life, 1917-1937; n.d. (2 Cubic ft.) Business Activities, 1928-1937; n.d. (0.5 Cubic ft.) Photographs, 1897-1937; n.d. (2 Cubic ft.) Scrapbooks, 1918-1939; n.d. (4 Cubic ft.) Artifacts, ca. 1785; ca. 1926-1935; n.d. (2.5 Cubic ft.) Oversized Materials, 1915-1937; n.d. (2 Cubic ft.)" Perhaps the archive of material at http://www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol/aearhart/ would be all they need.

” The Papers are divided into seven series:

Flying Career, 1927-1938; n.d. (2.5 Cubic ft.)
Personal and Family Life, 1917-1937; n.d. (2 Cubic ft.)
Business Activities, 1928-1937; n.d. (0.5 Cubic ft.)
Photographs, 1897-1937; n.d. (2 Cubic ft.)
Scrapbooks, 1918-1939; n.d. (4 Cubic ft.)
Artifacts, ca. 1785; ca. 1926-1935; n.d. (2.5 Cubic ft.)
Oversized Materials, 1915-1937; n.d. (2 Cubic ft.)”

]]> By: Roland http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/02/22/scientists-look-for-dna-on-envelopes-that-amelia-earhart-licked/comment-page-1/#comment-63862 Roland Wed, 23 Feb 2011 07:48:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=16367#comment-63862 @mark why don't you write a letter to an underprivileged youth or something instead of posting stupid comments online? For that matter why don't we just shut everything down until we cure the simple diseases and inequalities that are killing people in developing nations?? Or maybe you should just shut up and stop being a little girl. @mark why don’t you write a letter to an underprivileged youth or something instead of posting stupid comments online? For that matter why don’t we just shut everything down until we cure the simple diseases and inequalities that are killing people in developing nations?? Or maybe you should just shut up and stop being a little girl.

]]> By: Dave http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/02/22/scientists-look-for-dna-on-envelopes-that-amelia-earhart-licked/comment-page-1/#comment-63858 Dave Wed, 23 Feb 2011 04:03:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=16367#comment-63858 Surely a much lower percentage of the genome is identical between humans and turtles. Surely a much lower percentage of the genome is identical between humans and turtles.

]]> By: mark http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/02/22/scientists-look-for-dna-on-envelopes-that-amelia-earhart-licked/comment-page-1/#comment-63851 mark Wed, 23 Feb 2011 02:23:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=16367#comment-63851 is it that important? why not work on possible wrongly convicted persons in jail for decades due to over zealous court systems? seems to be much more important, especially to those families of those sitting in jail rather than distant relatives of a hero. is it that important? why not work on possible wrongly convicted persons in jail for decades due to over zealous court systems? seems to be much more important, especially to those families of those sitting in jail rather than distant relatives of a hero.

]]> By: Ben http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/02/22/scientists-look-for-dna-on-envelopes-that-amelia-earhart-licked/comment-page-1/#comment-63837 Ben Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:28:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=16367#comment-63837 Buh?, They have DNA of relatives and her sister, that should be enough. Not too likely another one on he family was lost in the Pacific as well. Buh?, They have DNA of relatives and her sister, that should be enough. Not too likely another one on he family was lost in the Pacific as well.

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