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Unpredictable soil conditions affect the prevalence of a microbial symbiosis
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Over the last 150 years, Homo Sapiens have largely stepped down from their celestial pedestal and taken their rightful place alongside their organismal brethren. But this step was taken not in the publishing of Darwin’s magnum opus, On the Origin of Species, where he in fact shied away from human evolution, worried about the predicted disgust from society towards being lumped with the pigs and plants. We had to wait for his second great book, The Descent of Man, before such ideas were revealed.
Shedding light on the star of cell biologyCalum Stephenson looks into the role of GFP in the laboratory and highlights its deep-sea originsIn the twilight depths off the west coast of North America lives a small and graceful jellyfish floating apparently aimlessly through the void. Who would have known that this humble jelly—Aequorea victoria—was set to revolutionise cellular biology in the latter half of the twentieth century.
Existing all around us, but disregarded by most, are the greatest societies the world has ever known. Dating back over 100 million years, they have influenced our climate and drastically engineered the environments in which we live. No, these are not some laser-shooting invaders from space hell, but the humblest of conquerors, going about their day to day lives in the shadows.
Matt Ridley on ice ages, bird watching and cultural evolutionCalum Stephenson talks to the Conservative hereditary peer, journalist, economist, and businessman whose science books have been translated into 30 languages and sold over a million copiesPhotograph by Peter WaltonWhat made you decide to study zoology at Oxford?I was a passionate naturalist from the age of about ten, having been introduced to birdwatching by my father.
Editing genes: Can we? Should we?The development of CRISPR paves the way for human gene therapy. Calum Stephenson argues that it is our moral duty to see it through.It’s the year 2116, and the last person to die from malaria did so ?fty years ago. Genetic demons such as Huntington’s disease and cystic ?brosis—whose heritability was a scourge on the psyche of those with a family history—can no longer hold prospective parents hostage.
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