A group of undergraduates from Stanford and Brown compete in a genetic engineering competition using synthetic biology techniques to answer astrobiology questions.
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iGEM Competition
Friday, January 11th, 2013Phytoplankton Under Ice
Friday, June 8th, 2012
Researchers were stunned to find a phytoplankton bloom beneath Arctic Sea Ice.
Out of (Southern) Africa?
Monday, March 21st, 2011
Genetic analysis of African hunter-gatherers yields new clues to the geographic origin of our species.
Arctic Grades
Friday, December 3rd, 2010
NOAA has issued this year’s Arctic Report Card. If you were its parent, what would you do?
The Times they are a-Changin
Monday, November 1st, 2010
The evolution of our species’ most famous traits took hundreds of thousands of years. But in some cases, evolution doesn’t always take its sweet time.
Gecko-inspired Stickybot
Monday, August 30th, 2010
What do you get when you combine gecko toes and scientists’ imagination?
Atoll Tale
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Remote atolls are teaching scientists a lot about healthy coral reef ecosystems and their future.
Launching ICESCAPE
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
NASA will soon launch the ICESCAPE mission on a high-tech Coast Guard cutter to study the changing Arctic.
Warming & Mammal Biodiversity
Monday, May 24th, 2010
Local researchers have discovered that during the last warming event, small mammals may not have gone extinct, but did lose their diversity.
Extreme Communication
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
Elephants not only communicate through sound waves, but also through seismic waves.
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