This is a link to the news from Craig Venter that he has succeeded in changing one species of bacteria into another, as described here…
Researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) today announced the results of work on genome transplantation methods allowing them to transform one type of bacteria into another type dictated by [...]
June 29, 2007
JCVI Scientists Publish First Bacterial Genome Transplantation Changing One Species to Another
June 29, 2007
Study Traces Cat’s Ancestry to Middle East
NYT has this story, documenting the unstoppable rise and rise of the domesticated cat, whose only serious rival is the domesticated dog; both these creatures have become part and parcel of the human domestic experience over the last 10 to 15 millennia, although the reasons for their respective acceptance into the welcoming arms of mankind [...]
June 29, 2007
Dawkins Reviews Michael Behe’s ‘The Search for the Limits of Darwinism’
Michael Behe has recently published ‘The Edge Of Evolution: The Search For The Limits Of Darwinism‘, a descendant to his ‘Darwin’s Black Box‘, and as can be expected, there has been a fairly robust response to it from his many detractors within the scientific community, notably from Jerry Coyne, Sean Carroll, Michael Ruse and particularly [...]
June 29, 2007
Hadzabe Plight Continues – Little Sign Of Rescue In Sight
Just a quick post to report on developments in the ongoing saga of the Hadza tribe in Tanzania, and their struggle to hang on to their lands, which look set to be handed over to the Abu Dhabi royal family, in a lease agreement with the Tanzanian government – the royals already use another area [...]
