Keynan Workshop 2013
On 19-20 May 2013 in Jerusalem the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities conducted the first “Alexander Keynan Workshop on Science Policy†in appreciation of the wonderful career of Alex,…
On 19-20 May 2013 in Jerusalem the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities conducted the first “Alexander Keynan Workshop on Science Policy†in appreciation of the wonderful career of Alex,…
What is the evidence that DNA barcoding is a reliable method for species identification? For this commentary, “DNA barcoding” refers to nucleotide sequencing of PCR-amplified DNA corresponding to an approved…
PHE researcher Iddo Wernick published a short essay ‘The Big Data Mindset” in Issues in Science and Technology…
Results published April 12, 2017! Stoeckle MY, Soboleva L, Charlop-Powers Z. Aquatic environmental DNA detects seasonal fish abundance and habitat preference in an urban estuary. PLOS ONE 2017:e0175186 open access…
Birds are relatively large, conspicuous, vocal, and mostly diurnal creatures, making it relatively easy for humans to tell apart. Even so, new species continue to be discovered; these usually represent…
We post the paper “Restoring the Forests”, by David G. Victor and Jesse H. Ausubel, which recently appeared in the journal Foreign Affairs….
The masterpiece of Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud, Galatée’s Oceans film, opened in Paris 27 January 2010. We post five slides showing the posters for the film around the city…
At the new Martha’s Vineyard Film Center, Jesse hosted a well-attended viewing of the energy documentary Switch https://www.switchenergyproject.com on which he advised the film team of Scott Tinker and Harry…
…species had overlapping or shared sequences, which the authors point out may mean these are not “good species”, specimen identifications are incorrect, or that these species cannot be distinguished by…
We post the paper The Forester’s Lever: Industrial Ecology and Wood Products, which appeared recently in the Journal of Forestry. We post the talk The Census of Marine Life and…