Peak stuff?
Fred Pearce writes about our exploration of whether humanity is nearing peak use of stuff in this article in Anthropocene magazine: Are We Approaching Peak Stuff? Almost imperceptibly, we are…
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Medicinal orchids unmasked
Herbal products make a compelling case for DNA-based identification–how else to recognize dried bits of roots, leaves, stems, bark, and flowers from a multitude of species? In December 2009 J…
Growing libraries reinforce mtDNA sequence clustering
Growing barcode libraries confirm distinct clustering of mtDNA sequences. In early surveys of mtDNA differences, it seemed possible that as larger numbers of individuals were sampled, there would invevitably be…
Photo from Encyclopedia of Life launch
Photo from With the Encyclopedia of Life launched, we post a photo of most of the participants in the brainstorming meeting sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation at the Woods Hole…
Farewell Smriti
The Program for the Human Environment bids a fond farewell to research assistant Smriti Rao, who worked with us beginning in October 2008 and now relocates to San Diego. We…
Peak Farmland
We post Jesse H. Ausubel, Iddo K. Wernick and Paul E. Waggoner, “Peak Farmland and the Prospects for Sparing Nature,†Population and Public Policy: Essays in Honor of Paul Demeny,…
Jesse’s Oceanaut Portrait
An exhibit in the Great Hall of the Aquarium of the Pacific near Los Angeles entitled The Oceanauts: Living the Dream of the Sea displays excellent mixed-media portraits by Zofia…
River campus
Shown here are PHE members Jesse, Doris, Mark and Alan during a tour of the new addition to the Rockefeller University campus, the River Campus. Thanks to Alex Kogan, Rockefeller…
Simplified DNA barcode recipe-skip step one
…colleagues offers benefits to many persons who want to get DNA barcode identifications. I look forward to applications of this method in research and commercial laboratories, classrooms, and perhaps kitchens!…
TED Conference
The Technology-Entertainment-Design (TED) conference that helped launch the Encyclopedia of Life and connect it with hi-techsters prepared a 4-minute, 13 MB video [download it here] that both reports on progress…