High school students explore urban environment with DNA
What sorts of DNA can be found in an urban environment? Last year I helped supervise Trinity High School students Brenda Tan and Matt Cost in an investigation of New…
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DNA barcoding snake venoms helps toxinologists save lives
If you hear this sound watch your step–a venomous rattlesnake may be nearby! Prompt administration of the correct antivenom can be life-saving. The essential first step in toxinological research is…
Nigeria Barcoding
Bravo to David Schindel and the Consortium for the Barcode of Life for spurring further application of DNA barcoding to reduce trade in endangered species with an initiative in Nigeria….
Galatee Seasons film segment
The new film of Jacques Perrin and Galatee Productions, The Seasons, is scheduled for release 27 January 2016. A 1-minute promotional segment is available at https://vimeo.com/133827355 See also https://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=228541.html The…
Reviews of The Seasons
Galatee’s The Seasons, on which Jesse Ausubel served as a science advisor, earns good reviews. Review: The Nature Documentary ‘Seasons’ Looks at Land Animals New York Times ‘Seasons’ takes a…
Learning how to apply DNA barcoding to species discovery
In 7 June 2006 Systematics and Biodiversity Andrew Brower examines application of DNA barcodes to identifying and defining new species. His Perspective piece “Problems with DNA barcodes for species delimitation:…
A Society that reuses almost everything.
Our program was recently mentioned, and Jesse quoted, in the November 10, 1997 issue of Business Week (page 106 hardcopy). If you haven’t notice, we added some JavaScript to “light…
China Maglev Progress
While we prefer lateral suspension approach to the German approach, we are pleased to observe China speeding along the learning curve for maglev technology….
Undiscovered species lurking in museum drawers
Four whales stranded on the coast of California in the 1970s were identified as Hector’s beaked whale Mesoplodon hectori (Mead 1981 J Mammalogy 62:430). 20 years later mitochondrial DNA analysis…
Vern Ruttan Article
Jesse’s comment about Vern Ruttan’s article on technologies that might transform the economy appeared in the spring issue of the journal Issues in Science and Technology….