Charles Rotter Every so often I find a climate paper that is a pleasure to read because it is not trying to sell me anything. No policy prescription, no call…
Tag: DNA
Discovery of 2-million-year-old DNA in Greenland reveals new details about ancient life
.PBS NewsHour Here is the transcript JUDY WOODRUFF: Scientists working in Greenland have identified the oldest samples of DNA ever found on Earth. By analyzing this two-million-year-old genetic material, they…
Masters of Acclimation: Octopuses Adjust to Cold by Editing their RNA
The idea the environment can influence that genetic information, as we’ve shown in cephalopods, is a new concept.
Discovery boosts theory that life on Earth arose from RNA-DNA mix
In a study published in the chemistry journal Angewandte Chemie, they demonstrated that a simple compound called diamidophosphate (DAP), which was plausibly present on Earth before life arose, could have…
Life could have emerged from lakes with high phosphorus
University of Washington Life as we know it requires phosphorus. It’s one of the six main chemical elements of life, it forms the backbone of DNA and RNA molecules, acts…
Australian hybrid fish story – Media jumps the shark
Pretty much everyone who has seen this today shakes their head and wonders. I’m wondering too. First, the story which is being serially regurgitated without any thought in media outlets…
Crops that are about adapting to weather, not climate
From the University of Edinburgh a suggestion that the food security issue raised by AGW alarmists might not be worrisome at all. Of course the next complaint will be that…