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			<title><![CDATA[Hard Scifi Flick "Splice" Actually Based on Internet-Rumor Science]]></title>
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				 Turns out that the hard science underpinning <em>Splice</em>, a forthcoming flick about genetic engineering directed by Vincenzo "Cube" Natali, is actually not so hard. In a recent interview, the director claims his inspiration to do a genetic chimera movie was seeing a now-famous image of <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/77764.stm">a mouse with a human ear grafted onto its back</a>. "It was such a crazy, shocking weird image that I was inspired to write a story about genetic splicing," <a href="http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/interview/461">he said</a>. Unfortunately, what he saw wasn't genetic splicing at all. 				<a href="http://io9.com/382976/hard-scifi-flick-splice-actually-based-on-internet+rumor-science" title="Click here to read more about Hard Scifi Flick "Splice" Actually Based on Internet-Rumor Science">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<category><![CDATA[Splice]]></category>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:20:00 PDT]]></pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Annalee Newitz]]></dc:creator>
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