Links 3/25/16

Transgenic & Conventional vs. Organic Foods

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensavage/2016/03/01/ten-thousand-new-reasons-not-to-worry-about-pesticide-residues/#7512db021d28

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensavage/2016/03/19/why-i-dont-buy-organic-and-why-you-might-want-to-either/#35433a511c2e

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/274069-the-organic-industrys-gmo-hoax

https://thoughtscapism.com/2015/03/22/gmos-and-the-environment/

http://www.thefarmersdaughterusa.com/2014/10/vermonts-gmo-labeling-law-fraught-with.html

Minimal Synthetic Cell

http://www.nature.com/news/minimal-cell-raises-stakes-in-race-to-harness-synthetic-life-1.19633?WT.mc_id=FBK_NatureNews

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/351/6280/aad6253.full.pdf

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/329/5987/52

CRISPR & HIV

http://futurism.com/scientists-just-removed-hiv-human-immune-cells-using-crispr-gene-editing/

http://www.templehealth.org/content/newsroom.htm?page_id=11&minor=1&inCtx5pg=0&inCtx5news_id=1798&inCtx5news=3&site_id=1&inCtx5order_by=S:[start_date]%20desc&major=4&inCtx5view=36

http://gizmodo.com/hiv-successfully-edited-out-of-immune-cells-1766413957

http://www.nature.com/articles/srep22555

Emmy Noether

https://www.facebook.com/amightygirl/photos/a.360833590619627.72897.316489315054055/992797667423213/?type=3

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/27/science/emmy-noether-the-most-significant-mathematician-youve-never-heard-of.html

Walking Fish

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/25/science/researchers-find-fish-that-walks-the-way-land-vertebrates-do.html

http://www.livescience.com/54178-cavefish-walks-with-its-pelvis.html

http://www.nature.com/articles/srep23711

New Fossil Remains of Ancient Hominid

http://www.livescience.com/54174-australopithecus-fossils-found-in-kenya.html

http://www.sci-news.com/othersciences/anthropology/australopithecus-afarensis-kenya-03729.html

Links for Radio Show 3-18-16

Kidney Disease/Transplantation

 http://www.sciencealert.com/revolutionary-new-treatment-could-allow-kidney-transplants-from-any-donor

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004113451500771X

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe1601379

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1508380  

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/436533_11

http://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3230/full/v5/i4/329.htm

Transgenic Banana for Ugandan Vitamin A Deficiencies

 http://www.sciencealert.com/a-group-of-scientists-plans-to-pay-young-women-900-to-eat-genetically-modified-bananas

http://canmua.net/iowa/antigmo-students-bruise-a-superbanana-539920.html

www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/health/2016/02/17/isu-still-plans-gmo-banana-trial-despite-controversy/80507378/

Joan Murrell Owens

 https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=W0nw5KTJJygC&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=%22Owens,+Joan+Murrell+Marine+Biologist%22&ots=A1YC0MfyMp&sig=OGWojQOkidvzkw_n4yGBNx9hxds#v=onepage&q=%22Owens%2C%20Joan%20Murrell%20&f=false

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Murrell_Owens

https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=gPGZJ_YuMwgC&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=%22Owens,+Joan+Murrell%22&ots=9hsmFhuSxK&sig=4Rv7Q31J_E1VGMBiRu0MkKO7kGM#v=onepage&q=%22Owens%2C%20Joan%20Murrell%22&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=XSOZ8kF5ynEC&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=%22Owens,+Joan+Murrell%22&ots=HrH5UVg4YF&sig=XlKYQji9_JwSXrJa_DzhrNd-AqQ#v=onepage&q=%22Owens%2C%20Joan%20Murrell%22&f=false

Materials Based on Islamic Designs

 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2081174-material-that-can-grow-when-stretched-is-inspired-by-islamic-art/

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/geometric-shapes-inspire-new-stretchy-materials-180958463/?utm_source=facebook.com&no-ist

SeaWorld to Stop Breeding Orcas

 http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/03/17/3761290/seaworld-ending-orca-breeding/

https://seaworldcares.com/2016/03/Breaking-News-The-Last-Generation-of-Orcas-at-SeaWorld/

Dengue Fever Vaccine

 http://www.nature.com/news/dengue-vaccine-aces-trailblazing-trial-1.19576

http://www.sciencealert.com/experimental-dengue-vaccine-protects-100-of-test-subjects

Malaria Resensitization

 http://mbioblog.asm.org/mbiosphere/2016/03/hybrid-compounds-hope-to-sensitize-and-inhibit-malaria-parasites-in-one-blow.html

Linksk for 3-11-16

Death of Baby from Meningitis

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/naturopath-says-collet-stephan-asked-for-something-for-meningitis-1.3484501

http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2016/03/09/another-child-dead-from-quackery/

Octopus!

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1603/logs/mar2/mar2.html

http://smithsonianscience.si.edu/2016/03/ghost-octopod-shows-little-know-deep-sea-life/

Popcorn!

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/ancient-popcorn-unearthed-in-peru-81304339/

http://newsdesk.si.edu/releases/ancient-popcorn-discovered-peru

http://www.pnas.org/content/109/5/1755.full

Japanese Great Tits

http://www.biosphereonline.com/2016/03/09/syntax-discovered-in-bird-song/

http://www.sci-news.com/biology/japanese-tits-parus-minor-speak-in-phrases-03685.html

Splenda/Sucralose

http://www.forbes.com/sites/emilywillingham/2016/03/10/splenda-reduces-cancer-rates-in-some-mice/#6a6ffb831e57

http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2016/03/11/Study-links-Splenda-to-higher-risk-of-leukemia/3741457711872/

Hominid Eating Habits

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/03/how-sliced-meat-drove-human-evolution?

Desert Tortoises

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/marine-corps-airlifting-1185-desert-tortoises-new-training-grounds-180958315