ANIMAL GENOME OF THE WEEK: CANIS LUPUS FAMILIARIS So is this a trend, the animal genome of the week? Last week pigs. This week, dogs. First things first: dog origins. A perennial hot topic, theCategory Archives: Asia
Where was the dog born? Plus mammogram changes once again
ANIMAL GENOME OF THE WEEK: CANIS LUPUS FAMILIARIS So is this a trend, the animal genome of the week? Last week pigs. This week, dogs. First things first: dog origins. A perennial hot topic, thePosted by in ancient DNA, Asia, Breast cancer, DCIS, dogs, Evolution, featured, genetics, Genome, Genomics, health care, mammogram, On Science Blogs, Research, united states, women
First Americans mystery again plus $100 million search for extraterrestrials
DUELING PAPERS ABOUT THE FIRST AMERICANS Oh, goody. Dueling papers. Always a treat. And dueling papers in the same week in Science and Nature, an extra-special treat. The topic a hot one, as befits dueling papers: Based on genetic studies … Continue reading
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Obamacare lives and Kennewick Man is a Native American
WHEW! The Affordable Care Act (aka ACA, aka Obamacare) subsidies to help people buy health insurance got saved by the US Supreme Court after all, with the somewhat unexpected help (unexpected by me, anyway) of Chief Justice John Roberts. Here’s … Continue reading
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Lab safety, smallpox and more virulent flu, marijuana benefits, plus headless, heedless, and clueless at Science
Lab safety is even worse than you thought
The best single blog source for keeping up with the current smallpox-anthrax-flu-lab safety fiasco is Maryn McKenna’s Superbug, one of the Wired blogs. Some recent posts:
About the cache of old vials …
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King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit in flash cards at a stadium in…
King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit in flash cards at a stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, July 1973.Photograph by Black Star Agency
Two women in Southeast Asia discuss the day’s news, May…
Two women in Southeast Asia discuss the day’s news, May 1921.
Photograph by M. Branger and Sons
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