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DNA11 has the perfect gift for the biologist who has everything: a DNA gel mini portrait. You can use the DNA collection kit on yourself to give a very personal gift, or collect from your giftee* for a unique self-portrait. It comes nicely framed, and you can choose from 25 different colors for the image.
It's one of the laws of nature: bigger critters eat smaller ones. Now you can have your very own cuddly food chain at home with the "Food Chain Friends" plush toys from FAO Schwartz. The description:Food Chain Friends are from Daro, a small green planet much like Earth was 200 million years ago. Daro teems with wildlife, and its exceptionally social and gracious species flourish in a complex - but oddly, very friendly - ecosystem. They're friends. They eat each other. It's a complicated relationship!
The DNA Transcription Tree card has "an electron micrograph of a gene being heavily transcribed into RNA, an early and fundamental step of gene expression." It's tinted a holiday green.
The Holiday Spice Card celebrates the molecules that give the winter holidays their flavor: chocolate, peppermint, clove, sinnamon, ginger, siguar
Is your favorite girl geek curious about her genetic heritage? Want to know if you are at risk for diseases with genetic associations such as Parkinson's Disease or rheumatoid arthritis?
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The McSweeney's store is having a 50% off sale this week and it's a great opportunity to pick up some geeky gifts, either for yourself or a friend.You feel poor. We feel poor. Let’s feel poor together. This week only, almost everything is half-price at on our store site. Escape the holiday rush and cross every name off your list in one cheap swoop.Some of the quirky-yet-geeky options:
Dr. Doris Haggis-On-Whey has seventeen degrees from eighteen institutions of higher learning. She is a world-renowed and much-feared expert on just about everything. With her husband Benny, she has traveled the world over, and has learned about all aspects of life, including outer space and food, first-hand. She has written or will soon write over 147 books.
If you have access to test tubes and a drill, you can craft some stylish vases - perfect for your home or lab. All you need to do is follow these simple instructions at Curbly. 
Julie Newdoll is an artist who fuses biology, biochemistry and mythological images into unique works of art. Her pieces have appeared on the covers of a number of prestigious scientific journals, such as Cell, EMBO and Nature Reviews. Now you can purchase high quality prints of some of her pieces. The thumbnail at left is "Base Pair" part of her "Life Forms" series. Also check out "The Cell Cycle as told through a story from the Popol Vuh", "Spindles of Necessity", and "Inside Time".
