Megavirus chilensis is a giant virus isolated off the coast of Chile in 2010. It probably contains enough genes to encode over 1000 proteins, more than most bacteria. It seems to have originated either from a eukaryotic cell or from its … Continue reading
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Reuters reports that the French government is likely to renew its ban on GM maize despite its highest court ordering the ban illegal. The government claims that MON810 is a risk to the environment. Monsanto, which manufactures the seed, will … Continue reading
There are increasing signs that the Higgs boson exists with a mass of between 115 and 135 GeV and that it decays into two bottom quarks. At a conference in La Thuile, in Italy, both the ATLAS and CMS experiments … Continue reading
David Christian of Macquaire University, Australia, has won the support of Bill Gates and Microsoft to support development of ChronoZoom, whose goal is: to make time relationships between different studies of history clear and vivid. In the process, it provides … Continue reading
What do you think of when you hear the words “World History”? John Green believes it is 15,000 years long. He has produced a series of YouTube videos giving what he thinks are the main facts in the story. Not … Continue reading
They call it the history of the world but this two-hour TV show, originally broadcast on the History Channel, is actually the history of the universe! It provides a quick overview of the whole subject. Available on DVD from Mar … Continue reading