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Estimating Age from the DNA in Blood By adding up the number of a certain kind of DNA molecule present in a blood sample, forensics experts can get a rough estimate of the owner’s age. The technique could be used to help build profiles of suspected persons in criminal investigations.
Forensic scientists have a new tool to help them reconstruct the identities of persons at the scene of crime, at least the kind of crime scene where things got physical. Dutch researchers have devised a method for estimatin…
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Former GM CEO Fritz Henderson is no longer a $3000/hr consultant for General Motors, reports Reuters [via ABC]. Henderson, who was paid $59,090 per month for 20 hours of work per month as a consultant, left that lucrative position after being hired by Sunoco to oversee the spin-off of its SunCoke Energy business. TTAC estimates [...]
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A number of former General Motors factories have been given new owners and new leases on life, but not every parcel of land shed during the auto giant’s bankruptcy can be so lucky. A new feature from the New York Times shows a number of properties continue to live in a real estate limbo — and likely will for some time to come.Although the shell of the old GM, known as Motors Liquidation, reportedly has a plan and a loan from the U.S. Treasury to clean up a number of former production sites, the NYT says…
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If you’re from the UK, this is your last chance to buy a new Mazda RX-8 as less than 100 examples of the four-seater sports car remain in stock after production in Hiroshima of the right hand drive models for Britain ended. As is the case with Honda’s Civic Type R hot hatch, the RX-8′s rotary engine fell victim to Europe’s looming Euro 5 emissions…
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Stefan Jacoby with Katy Perry at the 2011 Volkswagen Jetta launch
It was reported last month that Volkswagen’s North American CEO Stefan Jacoby had been hired by China’s Zxhejiang Geely to head up its newly purchased Volvo brand. USAToday’s DriveOn blog confirmed the report today with Volkswagen and its seems Jacoby will be headed to Volvo after all.
“He is no longer with the company,” Volkswagen said.
While Jacoby may be bringing some strong experiences from Volkswagen, he’ll…
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Auto Express reports that GM is going to sell the Chevy Chevrolet Camaro in the United Kingdom by May 2011, with a convertible version later that year. It will only be available in the top level Gestapo SS trim, and will have the 6.2 litre, 426bhp V8 engine. Unfortunately, GM couldn’t be bothered to respect [...]
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General Motors is preparing its new, as-yet-unnamed Chevrolet midsize pickup truck for global production in Thailand and it expects to sell at least 100,000 of the trucks in the model’s first year. But don’t expect “global” to include the U.S., as this truck is reportedly being developed for markets outside our borders, most notably Brazil, Europe, and Southeast Asia.In a phone interview with Automotive News, GM Southeast Asian Executive Director Martin Apfel stated that Brazil and Thailand are “the two …
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The Lexus LF-A is sold out. Your $375k may now resume burning a hole in your pocket, bank account, investment portfolio, Scrooge McDuck-style treasure vault. Bonus LF-A trivia point (courtesy: Automotive News [sub]): one out of every three LF-As sold in Europe went to Germany. And that’s all Toyota will say about that. Meanwhile, ToMoCo’s [...]
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