Beyond lab folklore and mythology: What the future of science will look like if we’re bold enough to look beyond centuries-old models. by Mike Loukides | January 16, 2015 http://radar.oreilly.com/2015/01/beyond-lab-folklore-and-mythology.html Labs where there was a shared common knowledge of how to do things, but where that shared culture never made it outside, not even to the lab down …
Because I learnt that most french schools weren’t teaching any computer science (other than word processing), I am giving a course using Scratch in an elementary school (8 to 9 year old) to teach them some basics about programming. I put together a very basic quiz with if-then-else and equals. scratch.mit.edu/ Hopefully, they’ll play with …
“The synthetic leaf uses photosynthesis to produce oxygen, by absorbing light, water and carbon dioxide.” “The artificial leaves feature chloroplasts extracted from actual plant cells that are suspended in a material made from silk protein. So when given access to light and water they still produce oxygen, but they’re better suited to surviving off our …
[google-translator] Quels risques prendriez-vous au nom de la science?[…]vous apprendrez les incroyables histoires des scientifiques mangeur de verre, conducteur de luge-fusée, et pendu – ainsi que celles de sept autres chercheurs ayant risqué leur vie dans leurs expérimentations. (fr) http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2013/12/03/experiences-dangereuses-scientifiques-risquent-vie_n_4381198.html?utm_hp_ref=fr-science
Ellen Jorgensen: Biohacking — you can do it, too TED talk 2012
Let’s start with the basic review: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioArt Browse Eduardo Kac’s thought–provoking projects at http://www.ekac.org/transgenicindex.html With the famous Alba, the fluorescent bunny. http://www.ekac.org/gfpbunny.html And Natural History of the Enigma, transgenic flower with artist’s own DNA expressed in the red veins, 2003/2008. Collection Weisman Art Museum. http://www.ekac.org/nat.hist.enig.html Making people think about synthetic biology, Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg …
I think this is a good video to know about synthetic biology! Great starting point.
Can’t wait to try it……Ero.Coli!!!! I love the name. http://www.dsynbio.com/
TED: Roger Stein: A bold new way to fund drug research “Believe it or not, about 20 years’ worth of potentially life-saving drugs are sitting in labs right now, untested. Why? Because they can’t get the funding to go to trials; the financial risk is too high. Roger Stein is a finance guy, and he …