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DNA helps identify African agricultural pests
Among the 35,000 known species of noctuid moths, a number are destructive agricultural pests, including for example Corn earworm Helicoverpa zea and Tobacco budworm Heliothis virescens. Accurate identification is the…
On the Limits to Knowledge of Future Marine Biodiversity
Jesse’s opening keynote address On the Limits to Knowledge of Future Marine Biodiversity from a Scripps Institution of Oceanography conference on that subject appears in The Electronic Journal of Sustainable…
How Did Noah’s Ark Float?
Jesse becomes engaged in the Creationism discussion, when asked whether all life might actually voyage on Noah’s Ark, as reported in an article Reuters’ excellent environment correspondent, Alister Doyle. FEATURE-How…
Budget Hero
Continuing our interest in Serious Games, we encouraged the creation of an interactive video game about the US federal budget deficit through Sloan and Lounsbery.  The game, Budget Hero…
Pirelli Prize
The video for the launch of the Encyclopedia of Life earned a 15,000 euro Pirelli International Award for science communication. Thanks to Avenue A/RazorFish and all other members of the…
First barcode data release paper is published
The first barcode data release paper has just been published by PLoS One. These data comply with the BARCODE data standard and the paper includes a table that links data…
Abiotic Petroleum Bibliography
Our bibliography on abiotic petroleum origins grows bigger and better with the inclusion of another 50+ references to Russian papers, courtesy to Vladimir Kutcherov. Stay tuned for more exciting updates….
Decarbonization in The American
Energy author Robert Bryce publishes a piece in The American magazine that refers heavily to our work on Decarbonization….
Students Use DNA Barcodes to Unmask “Mislabeled” Fish at Grocery Stores, Restaurants
Pacific Fishing magazine has published the report on mislabeled fish identified by DNA barcodes by star students Kate Stoeckle and Louisa Strauss, whom PHE had the pleasure of assisting. For…