VIDEO: DIY Biology Lecture with Dr. Josiah Zayner
On Wednesday, November 28, 2018, the Biotechnology and Society Freshman Cluster course hosted Dr. Josiah Zayner as part of its DIY Biology Lecture series (co-hosted by the Institute for Society…
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Under Poaching Pressure, Elephants Are Evolving To Lose Their Tusks
Written by Dina Fine Maron for National Geographic. [Excerpt] “Their goal is to uncover more information about how these animals move, eat, and what their genomes look like. Long hopes…
‘It’s Not Science’: Experts Push Back Against Trump Health Department’s Sex Verification Plan
Written by Mary Emily O’Hara for intomore.com [Excerpt]: “In plain English, the federal government is proposing reclassifying transgender people’s legal sex back to the sex assigned at birth. And if…
We Asked a Biologist What Would Happen If You Vaped Venom’s Alien Goo
Written by Hudson Hongo for io9.com [Excerpt]: “Venom—Sony’s recently released tale of the world’s worst journalist and his head-chomping pet alien parasite—poses a number of interesting questions, such as “Is…
Congratulations to HBS major Mili Patel
“UCLA International Institute, August 9, 2018 — The Global Health Program of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) holds an annual poster competition open to undergraduate and graduate students of its member universities. Posters…
When Animals Take the Night Shift
Excerpt from article: …”And look at climate change: In 2014, unusually low temperatures in southern Texas, brought about by a countrywide polar vortex, killed green anole lizards that lacked genes…