Discoveries of the Leonardo Da Vinci DNA Project
…CNRS editions, Paris. Two major newswires, Agence France Presse and Agencia EFE, each did separate stories: Manny Torralba et al. AFP Microbes Could ‘help Save Old Masters’ And Catch Forgers…
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Deciphering tropical vines with DNA
…includes melons, gourds, cucumbers, pumpkins, and squash. Psiguria sp. tax morphological identification due to sometimes drastic changes in leaf and flower structure within and over lifetime of individuals, and frequent…
Science issue on cities
Our work in the 1980s on Cities and Their Vital Systems with Robert Herman, Cesare Marchetti, Alvin Weinberg, Brian Arthur, Nebojsa Nakicenovic and others seems to have acquired cult status,…
CoML Huff Post
The Census of Marine Life appears in a vivid 29 Sept 2018 article in the Huffington Post by Ilana Straus about estimating the number of species. The Strange Story Behind…
Simon Mitton’s history of deep carbon science
Cambridge (UK) historian of science Simon Mitton has just published the excellent book From Crust to Core (A Chronicle of Deep Carbon Science). Jesse Ausubel authored the Foreword, which explains…
The Encyclopedia of Life goes live
The Encyclopedia of Life, for which Jesse served as founding chairman, goes live! Reuters offers a good sample story about the debut of this promising macroscope. Please visit the EOL…
Rockefeller U short course on Science & Diplomacy
…2014 course participants Rupa Ram and Dominic Olinares wrote a generous account of last year’s field trip to Washington DC in the University’s Incubator blog. Jesse’s viewpoint on science &…
Identifying forensic flies with DNA
In forensic investigation, insect evidence helps date the time of death, as the various species that colonize corpses exhibit different stages of development according to time and temperature. Determining the…
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…
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…