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Vegan musician, activist, author, and restaurateur, Moby, is turning his backyard pool into a tree and plant-filled pollinator paradise for bees, butterflies, and other creatures vital to the ecosystem. Source: Vegan Musician and Activist Moby is Turning His Pool Into … Continue reading →

I have to credit some of my clients who sincerely care about the environment and work with me to create habitat for the native critters. Here is a 20 second YouTube on why I do it. https://youtu.be/I5vU653XQjU That little crowned … Continue reading →

Ahhhhhhh this might be fun folks. Hopefully this judge can figure out unlike the judge in 2016 that a human cell and a person are two different legal entities. A federal judge in Washington, D.C. has rejected a motion by … Continue reading →

GMO apples that do not brown when exposed to air after being cut are hitting the marketplace. They are created by suppressing the production of an enzyme known as PPO scholar.google.com/scholar_url?url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Piyada_Tantasawat/publication/8411582_Antisense_downregulation_of_polyphenol_oxidase_results_in_enhanced_disease_susceptibili… This PDF source www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-hms-tmobile-us&biw=320&bih=257&ei=edTCWsfCJ8SuzwKk1KPICQ&q=polyphenol+oxidase+disease&oq=polyphenol+oxidase+disease&gs_l=mobile-gws-serp.12…2924.14685..159… Other sources Polyphenol oxidases (PPOs; … Continue reading →

Title: Virus found to adapt through newly discovered path of evolution. Source: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180329141037.htm Petrie and colleagues found that a single gene sometimes yields multiple different proteins. The lambda virus evolved a protein sequence that was prone to structural instability that … Continue reading →

Where did the news go telling us that we are all going to die of zika? It has served its purpose and is no longer required in the news. City council’s everywhere are buying pesticides and aerial spraying but hiding … Continue reading →

Monsanto is going beyond GMOs and investing in the gene-editing startup Pairwise. The deal could herald the arrival of the first Crispr produce. Source: Monsanto is on the verge of producing the first fruit made with a blockbuster gene-editing tool … Continue reading →

Pesticides from California’s Central Valley farms are found in Pacific chorus frogs living in pristine Sierra Nevada national parks. Source: Pesticides Contaminating Critters in California’s National Parks Scientists first noticed sharply declining frog populations in the Sierra Nevada starting in … Continue reading →

So a good friend of mine asked me a very interesting question the other day: what would the evolutionary advantage of morning sickness be? I think that this is a great question because; as he points out, the woman loses … Continue reading →