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Saturday, May 10, 2014

Current Events in Biology

Scientists Add Letters to DNA, Raising Hopes and Fears as reported in the New York Times. This field reports on the latest in the cutting-edge field of synthetic biology, tinkering with the code of life itself!

Promising solution to plastic pollution: Harvard's Wyss Institute creates bioplastic made from shrimp shells, as reported in the Harvard Gazette. Do you know about the island of plastic in the Pacific Ocean? Or the effects of all our plastic garbage on marine life? If not, you should!

New species of metal-eating plant discovered in the Philippines as reported in Science Daily. This article is very short, so you will want to click the link and browse the open-access journal article that describes the new species to get some more information if you plan to write a report on this topic. 

Happy reading!

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