Paranoia ranking: 5 tin foil hats (out of 5).
A middle group of four genes were ranked in positions 3 to 6 by the CGC application: NR3C1 (CGC points 16.5, CGC ranking 3, manual rating 2), SPINK5 (CGC points 14.2, CGC ranking 4, manual rating 3), IK (CGC points 14.1, CGC ranking 5, manual rating 3) and CD14 (CGC points 12.8, CGC ranking 6, manual rating 2).
A middle group of five genes was rated as relatively high by the CGC application: COL6A3 (CGC points 24.2, CGC ranking 3, manual rating 3), CSF1 (CGC points 17.4, CGC ranking 4, manual rating 3), EDG1 (CGC points 12.5, CGC ranking 5, manual rating 5), VCAM1 (CGC points 11.3, CGC ranking 6, manual rating 2) and PAPSS1 (CGC points 9.3, CGC ranking 7, manual rating 3).
Shortness of breath at rest (ranking 1; importance 1) and during exercise (ranking 2; importance 1) were considered to be the most important items, followed by coughing (ranking 4; importance 2), sputum production (ranking 5; importance 2), nightly shortness of breath (ranking 5; importance 3) and fatigue (ranking 5; importance 3).
MY EX-GIRLFRIEND, BETH Last year's ranking: 5 Has lost some ground by the simple fact that she's no longer my girlfriend!
(Ranking: 5) Foucault's pendulum Last year when scientists mounted a pendulum above the South Pole and watched it swing, they were replicating a celebrated demonstration performed in Paris in 1851.
