China’s 2nd MagLev
China confirmed its leadership in new transport technology with an announcement 13 March 2006 that it will build the world’s 2nd commercial maglev between Shanghai and Hangzhou, 175 km apart….
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eDNA of Newtown Creek, industrial waterway separating Queens & Brooklyn
RockEDU summer students Priyam Shah and Michael Epelman, who just completed high school, teamed with mentor extraordinaire Mark Stoeckle to study the fishes of an NYC Superfund Site, Newtown Creek. …
Salamanders support standardization
In Barcoding Life, Illustrated we suggested that “standardization typically lowers costs and lifts reliability…and should help accelerate construction of comprehensive, consistent reference library of DNA sequences and development of economical…
ABBI issues Inaugural Workshop Report
The All Birds Barcoding Initiative (ABBI) issued its Inaugural Workshop Report. The meeting was attended by 48 participants from 23 countries. At the close of the meeting, co-chair Allan Baker…
Jacques Perrin
The festival in Washington DC celebrating the nature films of Jacques Perrin opened last night with an event highlighting Galatee’s new Oceans Project. We post Jesse’s Welcoming Remarks to Jacques…
Jesse visits Niceville High School in FL
The students of Niceville High School in the Florida Panhandle regularly contribute valuable samples from the sandy bottom of their beautiful shoreline to the near-shore (NaGISA) field project of the…
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…