“Enterotypes aren’t quite as well-defined as, say, blood groups, but they could have similar uses as medical markers. The microbiome helps us to digest ou...
“The story of humanity’s prehistoric expansion across the planet is recorded in our genes. And, apparently, the story of the spread of language is h...
“This is the first case of an algae living symbiotically within a vertebrate, the team reports online today in the Proceedings of National Academy of Scie...
This is one great book. It’s set a few hundred years in the future, long after the oil-fueled “Exapansion” (that would be the time we are livi...
“An E.U.-sponsored certification scheme should adhere to the following principles: * Biofuels development should not be at the expense of human rights * B...
“You might not expect bacteria living in Antarctic ice to be well suited to life in a boiling kettle, but that is what Chilean scientists discovered durin...
“By performing genetic analyses and mass spectrometry on ground-up toad brains, the researchers found 79 different antimicrobial peptides—the widest varie...
In one panel, I got upset that all recycling talk was about the consumer and the waste management companies. I asked what about producer responsibility. To my s...
More on Extended Product Responsibility in the US. Bookmarked in Delicious. Read this article…
Great presentation on what it would take to get to zero waste. Michael was a great presenter as well. What’s really cool is that the US is hovering around...