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Save Rhinos by Selling Their Horns

Legalizing the trade could protect rhinos from poachers

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GENE EXPRESSION

Ancestry should not be subject to privacy restraints

Monday, June 17, 2013
In my earlier post on Prince William's mtDNA lineage, and its possible Indian provenance, I didn't address the issue of genetic privacy in much detail. The discussion is relevant in this case because BritainsDNA inferred his lineage by looking at dis...
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GENE EXPRESSION

The Tuatara genome

Monday, June 17, 2013
The whole "genome paper" genre is probably in decline now, as sequencing is so easy that there is little value in just throwing out data with no questions attached. That being said I think the new project to sequence the Tuatara genome is pretty wort...
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GENE EXPRESSION

Prince William may have little to no Indian ancestry

Friday, June 14, 2013
The British media is blowing up today about Prince William's Indian ancestry. Here's a representative headline: Hunt is on in Gujarat for a distant cousin who shares Prince William’s Indian blood. The science here is straightforward. Apparently some ...
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SERIOUSLY, SCIENCE?

How much cocaine can a honey bee take?

Friday, June 14, 2013
What happens when you give cocaine to honey bees? Surprisingly, these aren't the first researchers to address this question. However, to date, no one has tested the bees' tolerance for the drug. Enter this study, which sought to determine whether b...
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Save Rhinos by Selling Their Horns

Although rhinoceroses are endangered, legalizing the trade in rhino horns may be the best way to protect them from poachers.
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How Mushrooms Can Save the World

Friday, May 31, 2013
Crusading mycologist Paul Stamets says fungi can clean up everything from oil spills to nuclear meltdowns.
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Life Under Antarctica's Ice

A team drills thousands of feet into the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to reach a lake buried for millennia.
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