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 National Fossil Day 2018: Events UPDATED 10/9/18 FINAL UPDATE
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post Crikey! We’re gonna need a bigger boat…
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 colonization
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-Kraus
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 ruling
Yesterday (25 July), the Court of Justice of the European Union made a ruling that surprised many: organisms obtained by targeted…
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post iGEM 2018: Two synbio teams from Greece are here to leave their mark
iGEM competition has attracted participants from all around the world, and Greece couldn’t be the exception. The first Greek team, iGEM…
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post Ayahuasca: Ritual psychedelic turns modern-day anti-depressant
For any of the 300 million individuals worldwide suffering from depression, a fast-acting, effective treatment can mean the difference between life and…
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post I am known by many names, but it’s all SCRAMBLEd
Guest post by Thomas Clements SCRAMBLE is a new form of directed evolution pioneered in Sc 2.0, an entirely synthetic…
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post Closing the loop for brain imaging in depression: What have we learned and where are we heading? By David Mehler
Depression can have a profound impact on affected individuals and those around them. It is one of the most common mental health…
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post A Collage of Cretaceous Coprolites
Coprolites, a fancy term for fossilized poo, are commonly highlighted by paleontologists for pure shock value and bad pun potential (“Protect Rare…
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post How the brain learns to read: development of the “word form area”
The ability to recognize, process and interpret written language is a uniquely human skill that is acquired with remarkable ease at a…
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post A case of Mesozoic misidentification
Did you know that some times scientists make mistakes? Yep, I know it might be shocking, but they’re not always right, despite…