On Thursday (31 January) evening, Intelligence Squared U.S. organizes a debate on de-extinction, where proponents and opponents of the notion will…
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post To de-extinct or not to de-extinct?Read more
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post Pregnant Plesiosaurs and Baby Bones: Bone histology reveals ontogeny in polycotylid plesiosaursRead more
Pregnancy in the fossil record is an exciting find. Setting aside the sad fact that an unfortunate mother met her demise while carrying…
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post iGEM 2018: The grand prize winners share their experienceRead more
iGEM competitions are always exciting, and this year’s Jamboree was no exception. iGEM Marburg won the grand prize on the overgrad…
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post From Asilomar to Toulouse – Bringing Researchers Together and Synthetic Biology to the ForefrontRead more
by Daniel Bojar, Adam Amara, and Alicia Calvo-Villamañán In frosty February 1975, molecular biologists gathered at Asilomar (California, USA) for a…
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post The pursuit of perfection through scienceRead more
Part experiment | Part exhibition by Jestin George Interactions between science and the public usually prioritize communication, aiming primarily to inform…
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post ADNI: Understanding Alzheimer’s disease through collaboration and data sharingRead more
Of the many outstanding mysteries of neuroscience, the pathogenic origins of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) remain one of the most perplexing neurological puzzles…
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post Take Your Social Media to Work DayRead more
Last July, my social media feeds were flooded with grey “I heart Science” tshirts — they were posed with coffee mugs, lab…
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post National Fossil Day 2018: Events UPDATED 10/9/18 FINAL UPDATERead more
UPDATED 10/9/18: This is the last post to announce events associated with National Fossil Day! We are no longer accepted entries, but…
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post Crikey! We’re gonna need a bigger boat…Read more
The first fossils of a giant ancestor of the great white shark have been discovered in Victoria, Australia. Philip Mullaly, a fossil…
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Synthetic Biology Synthetic biology solutions for Mars colonizationRead more
Post first posted in Synthetic Biology Australasia website (read the original here), written by Jestin George Even though plans to colonise…
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post Mindful brains, By Emma Twait and Tzipi Horowitz-KrausRead more
In the world with so much buzz around us, it can be difficult to unplug from work and not think about the…
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post Gene edited crops are GMOs: some initial thoughts on the recent court rulingRead more
Yesterday (25 July), the Court of Justice of the European Union made a ruling that surprised many: organisms obtained by targeted…