The new Arctic project of the Census of Marine Life is in the news today. The story was covered by all the big media outlets — BBC, CNN International, AP, ABC News–, made it into print in ten nations, and was reported in English, Japanese, French, and Spanish.
News
DNA barcodes featured in New Scientist
A DNA barcoding article is featured cover story in the June 26, 2004 issue of New Scientist.
17 June 2004
Jesse’s brief speech in Spanish to the first South American workshop for
the Census of Marine Life has appeared in the Chilean journal Gayana. We also offer Jesse’s English translation.
Gayana‘s transcript [Spanish, with English translation]: https://phe.rockefeller.edu/PDF_FILES/Jesse_H._Ausubel.PDF
Jesse’s English translation: https://phe.rockefeller.edu/PDF_FILES/comlconcepcionjha.pdf
11 June 2004
We post the text and figures of the talk “The Heart of Energy Evolution” that Jesse presented to the Nuclear Energy Assembly of the Nuclear Energy Institute in New Orleans on 21 May.
Text: https://phe.rockefeller.edu/PDF_FILES/NEIrevision11june04.pdf
Figures: https://phe.rockefeller.edu/PDF_FILES/neigraphics11junerevision.ppt
Barcode of Life site updates
We have updated and reorganized our webpages on DNA, Taxonomy, and the
Barcode of Life (https://phe.rockefeller.edu/BarcodeConference/)
to keep pace with this rapidly progressing field. Among other
exciting developments, the Smithsonian Institution will be holding an Open
Meeting on the Scientific Aspects of DNA Barcoding on May 25, 2004 at
the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. (https://barcoding.si.edu).
FP Clarification
We post a note clarifying how we label figures in LogletLab
Agricultural Technology and its Societal Implications
We post “Agricultural Technology and its Societal Implications” by our esteemed associate Paul Waggoner. The paper, which leads off the 25th anniversary issue of Technology in Society, likens society’s choices to navigating on a plane of sustainability, and extends application of the “ImPACT identity.”
https://phe.rockefeller.edu/PDF_FILES/AgTech_Waggoner_TIS.pdf
LaRepublica
We post a 30 March 2004 article in Spanish about Barcoding from the Costa Rican newspaper, La Republica, “Forest without secrets”
Ten Reasons for Barcoding
We post a summary of “Ten Reasons for Barcoding Life” by Mark Stoeckle, Paul Waggoner, and Jesse Ausubel.