As Scientists Question New Rat Study, GMO Debate Rages On
A study published this week in the well-respected journal Food and Chemical Toxicology has sparked a lot of controversy. In the study, titled “Long term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide…
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2012 | Hannah Landecker featured in book, "Hidden Treasure"
ISG faculty Dr. Hannah Landecker wrote an essay for “Hidden Treasure“, a book that reveals over 400 never-before seen treasures from the National Library of Medicine. The book was edited by…
Weird Science: The Promise and Peril of Synthetic Biology
“The eminent evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould once said: “Our planet has always been in the Age of Bacteria.” But scientists’ rapidly accelerating ability to harness microbes and turn them…
Potential Perils of DIY Genetic Testing
Psychologist Dr Ilan Dar-Nimrod from the University of Sydney talks about genetic determinism which he argues is encouraged by media reports that imply a greater risk from disease-related genes than…
Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts Meeting, "Nonhuman"
The 26th annual SLSA meeting, titled “Nonhuman”, will take place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from Sept 27-30, 2012. From its inception, SLSA has distinguished itself from other humanistic scholarly societies through its sustained…
Scientists Unveil 'Google Maps' For Human Genome
Researchers working on the ENCODE project show that “what has been called junk DNA is actually teeming with an intricate web of molecular switches that play crucial roles in regulating…