Just some random summertime backyard science here. The linden tree near my home is covered in aphids, so I took a few pictures with this USB...

Back in 2013 and at the beginning of the FDA vs 23andMe story , I wrote this: Personal genetics will elicit a huge change in medicine, [bu...

On BioTechniques : PCR amplification of DNA is arguably one of the most important technology developments in the history of molecular biol...

It looks like Brexit is having repercussions on UK science funding from the European Research Council, according to David Lomas: Applicat...

You're probably aware that Roche recently severed its 2013 partnership with PacBio and decided to go it alone without access to long re...

Think of  Theranos . I remember reading this article when it came out, thinking 'what can they possibly be protecting?': The techn...

I've spent the last week or so thinking about the effect a Brexit would have on U.K. science, as have many other folks on the 'net. ...

Jon Westenberg : There’s a lot of pressure put on young entrepreneurs. It’s the pressure to only build scalable startups, rather than focu...

Reinaldo Jose Lopes : Even if [Oxitec's] transgenic mosquitoes can be proven to reduce dengue or Zika infections, it is possible that ...

Really? Oh yes, if it's published it must be true : The effects of water treated with an electromagnetic field (EMF) were investigated...

Nature has a short update on where human gene editing research is going: China's lead Fan’s team began its experiments in early 201...

The SiMSenSeq PCR method that I've been working on for about two years has just been published in Nucleic Acids Research .  Here's ...

In an NPR interview about her new book, The Sleep Revolution , Arianna Huffington offered up this perfect quote on the importance of sleep ...

Arthur Jeannerot , on Seeking Alpha: In 2015, Humira (Adalimumab) represented 61% of AbbVie's total revenues, which could be seen as p...

In Toronto, The Ex is known for outrageous food being created for the once annual occasion.  Leave it to a baseball stadium to top Cronut B...