Unversity of California Santa Cruz has released the first public browser for the human genome. Just pick the chromosome of interest and choose a section and away you go. Click here to try it out.

Yes, I know it's not that spectacular but think of it in terms of the "Dancing Bear" analogy. "It is not how well the bear dances that is a marvel but that it can dance."

And please no comments on the treatment of bears. I know it has been, and is, appalling. Please put your money where you mouth is and support the "Free The Bears" fund.