Farewell Smriti
The Program for the Human Environment bids a fond farewell to research assistant Smriti Rao, who worked with us beginning in October 2008 and now relocates to San Diego. We…
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Jesse’s Oceanaut Portrait
An exhibit in the Great Hall of the Aquarium of the Pacific near Los Angeles entitled The Oceanauts: Living the Dream of the Sea displays excellent mixed-media portraits by Zofia…
Deep Carbon Observatory midterm scientific report
Deep carbon science is rising. A Press release highlights publication of the Deep Carbon Observatory’s midterm scientific report and participation at the 2014 AGU Fall Meeting, 15-19 December 2014 in…
Simplified DNA barcode recipe-skip step one
It used to be standard practice to shave the area around the incision before surgery, as it was thought that hair harbored bacteria that would cause wound infection. Beginning in…
TED Conference
The Technology-Entertainment-Design (TED) conference that helped launch the Encyclopedia of Life and connect it with hi-techsters prepared a 4-minute, 13 MB video [download it here] that both reports on progress…
Exploring unicellular eukaryotic universe with mtDNA
Most DNA barcode research to date analyzes multicellular animals, but why stop there? Unicellular eukaryotes or “protists” probably comprise most of Earth’s biomass and encompass more genetic diversity than all…
Chekhov anticipates environmental concerns
Russian writer Anton Chekhov anticipated 21st century environmental concerns about forests and climate (in an exchange in the first act) Â of his 1899 play Uncle Vanya….
Barcoding in Biology Textbook
Kate Stoeckle’s 2008 high school DNA barcoding project, dubbed “Sushi-gate“, is featured in the latest edition of McGraw-Hill textbook, Biology. Here is the excerpt from the book….
Vote for Encyclopedia of Life Video
The short video about the Encyclopedia of Life has been nominated for a Webby Prize. Please considering voting for it!…
Reality of German Renewables
We admire everything that Vaclav Smil writes, for both his insights and lively style.  This essay, How Green Is Europe?, exemplifies the bracing cold shower one receives from reading…