LA Times on CoML
A January 11 column in the Los Angeles Times favors the Census of Marine Life over the mission to Mars. So do we! Read our copy of the column (PDF)….
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John Tierney article in the NY Times on biases in academia citing work by Neil Gross and Solon Simmons supported by the Lounsbery Foundation and about workplace flexibility supported by the Sloan Foundation.
John Tierney article in the NY Times on biases in academia citing work by Neil Gross and Solon Simmons supported by the Lounsbery Foundation and about workplace flexibility supported by…
Embedding standardized DNA analysis in taxonomic practice
…into modern taxonomic practice. In their view, “integrative taxonomists should use and produce DNA barcodes.” Of course, this is already happening in many areas, but new practices diffuse slowly through…
International barcoders get into print
…The 12-page illustrated quarterly iBOL newsletter has a promising diversity of news. To take one example, I learned that some members of the North American Moth Photographers Group (MPG) are…
New PHE paper about surprising species found off New Jersey
…Charlop-Powers Program for the Human Environment, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, United States An accurate, comprehensive reference sequence library maximizes information gained from environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding of marine…
DNA barcoding a hardy urban denizen
In 2009, high school students found novel DNA barcode types in American cockroaches (Periplaneta americana) in New York City (DNAHouse). Hoping to learn more about this feared and despised yet…
COVID & The World Interview with Jesse Ausubel
…scientist Jesse Ausubel, a Human Progress Board Member and Director of the Program for the Human Environment at The Rockefeller University in New York City. Watch the full video here. …
Sometimes taxonomy moves slowly, could use help
In 1998, as part of biodiversity survey to assess the health of New York City’s Central Park, researchers at the American Museum of Natural History collected leaf litter samples. After…
National Cockroach Project (NCP)
…spirit of the project and results so far. The LiveScience post was picked up by NBC News, Yahoo News, and Discovery websites. Results so far show four distinct genetic types…
Encyclopedia of Life in the news
IT World and Boingboing run stories about progress of the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL). Encyclopedia of Life: Better than Wikipedia! What leeches and ligers can teach you about evolution…