#Glow-in-the-dark pigs created using jellyfish DNA http://www. vimeo. com/82227865 Scientists in China have used jellyfish DNA to create glow-in-the-dark piglets.
South China Agriculture University scientists were able to create the glow-in-the-dark pigs by injecting fluorescent protein from jellyfish DNA into pig embryos.
#oeit s just a marker to show that we can take a gene that was not originally present in the animal
Dr. Moisyadi said the animals are affected not by the fluorescent protein and will have the same life span as other pigs.#
The ultimate goal is to introduce beneficial genes into larger animals to create less costly and more efficient medicines.#
we can make those enzymes a lot cheaper in animals rather than a factory that will cost millions of dollars to build,
where we grow very high quality food in AI controlled buildings. These will recycle all nutrients
and vegetables and in vitro cloning of muscle tissue for meat, that is meat without animals, thereby ending animal suffering.
Wrote Isabella Bird, a British travel writer, in an 1879 book:##oeboulder is a hideous collection of framed houses on the burning plain.#
so did the deer populationand the hungry mountain lions, which commuted in to eat the deer and,
occasionally, attack citizens of Boulder. The green border, paired with the city s conservative zoning and development laws, has meant also that national retailersor any monolithic competitorhave trouble finding good spaces to open in Boulder.
steer clear of the mountain lions, and squeeze into its limited office space, Boulder affords an incredible quality of lifealong with a place to do business.
and take pity on turtles, cause fender benders, pileups, and head-on collisions. They nod off at the wheel,
or to track mosquitoes, or that he belonged to an lite team of ghost hunters.
As a commercial for the Dodge Charger put it two years ago, #oehands-free driving, cars that park themselves,
Its Firebird III concept car#haped like a jet fighter, with titanium tail fins and a glass-bubble cockpit#as designed to run on a test track embedded with an electrical cable,
The other racers had no such problem. They also had substantial academic and corporate backing:
like a baby giraffe finding its legs, then suddenly, confidently circles the field#s if guided by an invisible hand.
avoid big rocks#hen sent out to test them by trial and error. This is slow, painstaking work, but it s easier to predict
drive for twenty minutes, realize there was some software bug, then sit there for four hours reprogramming
and messages down our readers throats like adult birds feeding their babies pre-masticated maggots;
goats with spider genes that produce super-strength silk in their milk; and synthetic bacteria that decompose trash
All those cobs and shells can now be used as the basis for cheap energy. Similarly, startups are generating electricity with the machines in Liberia,
#but if you re thinking about cats, we like the old saying that they have nine lives
when a collision seems imminent#hen the car ahead breaks hard, for example, or another vehicle swerves erratically into traffic.
The attack came from Chrysler, the smallest of Detroit s Big Three automakers, in the form of a television commercial for the new Dodge Charger.
In the ad, the Charger is traveling through a long gloomy tunnel, the camera tracking with it.
They drove teams of horses, herds of goats, drifts of sheep. Animals, Smith argues, are autonomous.
Thus, in the eyes of the law, an autonomous vehicle is arguably similar to a horse-drawn buggy.
And under the Geneva convention, a basic legal requirement for drivers#hether of animals or of cars#s the same.
The driver must have control. Who has control of a driverless car? For the autonomous vehicle that now drives Levandowski to work, the answer (according to Smith) is logical:
and oversight to guard against situations like a deer running into the road; the car must be able to hand back control with no warning.
which coral protects itself from UV rays through its relationship with a symbiotic algae that lives within it.
which is converted by the coral into its own UV-blocking sunscreen, benefiting not only the coral
and the algae but also the fish that feed on the coral. This transference has led scientists to believe that
if the compound can be isolated, it could potentially be modified into a human oral sunscreen that would protect both the skin and the eyes.
even though many species of animals are able to completely regrow lost parts. It s long been known that alligators are lost able toregrow teeth, for example,
but it was assumed to be a cyclical process, like snakes shedding their skin periodically. Scientists have discovered recently that this is not the case:
An alligator s tooth will grow back automatically to replace a lost one. This is quite significant
because the structure of alligators teeth is pretty similar to ours. The problem has been that the inner areas of teeth contain living tissue known as#oepulp#that doesn t grow back.
But the solution may have been found in stem cells: Scientists in multiple countries are trying to figure out how to get them to produce the correct tissues and structure for the given situation on demand.
While currently focusing on people and cars, they d like to add animals and weather conditions soon. 3. Wireless Electricity The notion of wireless electric power has been around far longer than one might think:
They grew row crops-grain and corn,#oehad a couple of horses, occasionally had some cattle, but not usually,#Oster explained.
Hyperloop, while similar in the broad sense, is a different animal. The cars are bigger
A 1973 NASA document summarizing the biological effects of vacuums on mammals gives you 10 seconds of consciousness
and damage from pests or disease. Cost is $9, 300.3.)) The Octane from Volt Aerial Robotics (voltaerialrobotics. com) The Octane multirotor drone weighs 4 lbs
along with a stabilized Gopro3 camera, radio controller, batteries/charger, and a waterproof case. APA s newest model, the fully autonomous APA X4 is priced at $5, 000.7.)
#oeswarmbots#is a term to describe a grouping of robots that work together like a school of fish or a flock of birds.
Phase 2#Protection Drones Some companies are already working on Phase 2 drones capable of proactively protecting the crops from bugs, birds, disease,
Prevent birds from destroying high value crops Identify insects, worms, and other unwanted plant devastation Precision pesticide, herbicide,
it s entirely possible to visualize a type of drone capable of breaking rocks, killing pests,
and even shooting mosquitoes. Much of today s work in this area is experimental and sounds more like science fiction than real science,
Yeah zebra, you d better run!..Curiosity#one of our most precious gifts! Well, that and no-limit credit cards,
Aqua boy and his dog. Without gills, the dog is a somewhat reluctant follower!..The dangers of skateboarding!
Looks like they re going to need a bigger helmet!..Pegasus does exist!..Putin going down for the count,
Swimming with the jellyfish, similar to running with the bulls!..Unicycle basketball, because playing the game was way too easy the other way!..
Zhang s study also showed that in mice, those same tiny pieces of PLANT RNA#dubbed microrna or mirna,
including bacteria, fungi, insects, and plants. Galas s team detected the same specific rice mirna that Zhang had dubbed mir-168
The Monsanto researchers combed through large datasets of genetic sequences obtained from mammals, chickens, and insects, looking for any trace of plant mirnas.
They found them in some of the datasets, but again, at very low levels. And sometimes the data didn t make sense#they found mir-168, for example,
in animals that had eaten never food containing mir-168, suggesting that it could have been the result of a contamination,
Witwer s team fed monkeys a Silk fruit and protein shake, which happens to contain high levels of mir-168 and other plant mirnas.
The researchers tested the animals blood for mirnas before the feeding and 1, 4, and 12 hours after the feeding.
But when looking at the monkeys blood, the PCR data were much more variable.##oewe weren t completely confident in the accuracy of the method,
and after the animals ate the shakes. Witwer s conclusion: Plant mirnas probably don t transfer into our blood after digesting it, at least not in quantities anywhere near
The scientists also couldn t find this kind of transfer in experiments with mice and bees.#
Geology. com). 2.)Being#oeblind as a bat#means not being blind at all. While many use echolocation to navigate,
3.)Poinsettias won t kill you or your pets, though you still shouldn t eat them.
USGS). 9.)Frogs or toads won t give you warts, but shaking hands with someone who has warts can.
) Ostriches do not stick their heads in the sand when threatened. Actually they don t bury their heads at all.
When threatened, ostriches flop on the ground and play dead. Source: San diego Zoo. 11.)) Your blood is never blue
but rather dark red when it s not carrying oxygen. It only looks blue because you are seeing it through your skin.
) Lemmings do not commit mass suicide. During their migrations they sometimes do fall off cliffs, if they wander to an area they are unfamiliar with.
HIV probably didn t jump to humans through human-monkey sex, but through hunting of monkeys for food that led to blood-to-blood contact.
SOURCE: Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives In Medicine. 24.)) Dogs and cats don t see in shades of grey.
They can see in blue and green. Dogs have a wider field of vision than humans
but cannot see as far in front of them as we can. SOURCE: Cornell Center for Materials Research.
Growup founders Kate Hofman and Tom Webster built the Kickstarter-funded farm to demonstrate the possibilities of aquaponic farmingwhere wastewater from fish tanks is turned into nutrients (with a little help from microbacteria) that fertilize plants
The box contains two 1, 000-liter fish tanks that house 150 tilapia, but the Kickstarter page assures us that the vegetables (the box can grow salads, herbs,
web-based 3d virtual world seemingly designed to specifically avoid all of Linden Lab s early mistakes and pitfalls.
#oethe interaction metaphor is not going to be a mouse and keyboard.##Based on the growing buzz over the Rift, the right metaphor may finally be here.
and large amounts of beetle-killed trees have created#oeperfect storm#conditions for multiple wildfires to rage across the State.
Yale mechanical engineer Michelle Addington has documented vividly control systems for dynamic plumes of heating and cooling air that enclose building surfaces,
extending tendrils and plumes and interacting with the layers of the air that surrounds us.
#the thermal plumes emitted by each human occupant offer a new form of energy to be captured
#Insect-eating is the future of food Insects may be the food of the future. In Western societies, eating insects is considered disgusting or even primitive.
But 2 billion people elsewhere consume insects on a regular basis. According to a report released last month by the UN, the benefits of using insects as food is so great that it is high time we convert the other 5 billion people into insect-eaters.
Who eats insects? As it turns out, at least two billion people actively consume insects as part of their diets.
In the Democratic republic of the congo, caterpillars are abundantly available all year round in markets. A quick Google search tells us that caterpillars have a nutty (to be more specific enoki-pine nutty)
or fruity taste and clearly Congolese are fond of them. One household, in the Congolese capital of Kinshasa, eats about 300 g of caterpillars a week on average.
This equates to an astonishing 96 tonnes of caterpillars consumed in the city annually. While in African countries
insects are eaten mostly by the natives, in Southeast asia, a plethora of insects, prepared and concocted in different ways,
is marketed increasingly to tourists. It s no surprise really, considering the surge of tourists to this part of the world.
And the fact that between 150-200 species of insects are consumed in Southeast asia. The most delicious insects?
Globally, beetles and caterpillars are consumed as much as all other edible insects taken together. But bees (as my brother can attest to),
wasps and ants are popular too, accounting for a whopping 14%global insect consumption. Cicadas, locusts, crickets, dragonflies, flies are spared not either.
While two billion people are perfectly fine with eating insects, the remaining five billion are mostly on the opposite end of the#oelike spectrum.#
#It seems weird that such a common practice is frowned upon so much by others, isn t it?
The disconnect, perhaps unsurprisingly, stems from the westernisation of diets and cultures. Why do most of us find eating insects disgusting?
Native american tribes, for instance, had a long history of eating insects. But as Western cultures began to interact with
(and sometimes decimate) them, the West imposed their own values onto the tribes, discouraging and suppressing the practice.
In their eyes, eating insects was considered primitive. Some indigenous groups in Sub-saharan africa were afflicted similarly#nd much more recently too.
In the village of Sanambele in Mali, children routinely hunt and eat grasshoppers as snack food.
In a village where many children were already at risk of suffering from kwashiorkor, a form of malnutrition caused by protein deficiency in the diet,
grasshoppers offered a welcome source of protein. Sadly, since 2010, the fields where the children would hunt for grasshoppers are sprayed with pesticides to ensure maximum yield of cotton harvested from neighboring cotton fields.
The Malian farmers were advised by their Western counterparts, who took no notice of Sanambele s population and culture.
Now the children are forbidden mostly to hunt and eat grasshoppers for fear that they may be intoxicated by pesticides.
The insect population has plummeted anyway. Funnily enough, the five billion people who are not fond of insects,
are insect-eaters too, albeit unknowing ones, at the tune of#oetwo pounds of flies, maggots and other bugs each year.#
#Even more fascinating is that we are actually eating them as part of lunch and dinner. And the FDA knows all about it!
Here s an excerpt from Kyle Hill s blog post about this at Scientific American:#
#oethe FDA s Defect Levels Handbook lays it all out. Staples like broccoli, canned tomatoes,
and hops readily contain#oeinsect fragments##eads, thoraxes, and legs#nd even whole insects. I won t tell you about the rat hair limits#)Fig paste can harbor up to 13 insect heads in 100 grams;
canned fruit juices can contain a maggot for every 250 millimetres; 10 grams of hops can be the home for 2, 500 aphids...
#oe The disgust you may be experiencing right now is unfortunate. Because insects may be the key to our future.
Looking at population growth alone, the global population will reach 9 billion people in 2050
and will require that we produce twice as much food than we do today. Now factor in the rise of the middle class, with its subsequent demand for protein,
and harsher environmental conditions we will have to battle with, and it becomes vividly clear that our current food production systems will be taken by storm very soon.
Last month, the UN released a comprehensive 185-page document advocating the rearing of edible insects to be used as food by humans
and also as cattle Feed in the accompanying press release Eva Muller, Director of FAO s Forest Economic policy and Products Division,
#Why are insects so good? They have a high nutritional value, their cultivation is environmentally friendlier,
when compared to other animal protein sources, and comes with great socioeconomic benefits for a lot of people in the poorer regions of the planet.
You may be surprised to learn that insects are#oea highly nutritious and healthy food source with high fat, protein, vitamin, fiber and mineral content.#
And when used as animal feed, insect-based feeds are comparable to the popular soy-based or fishmeal formula,
The Economist has a great graphic that showcases how#oegreen#insect cultivation exactly is as well.
The#oegreen#benefits stem from the ratio of amount of food insects will eventually produce to the amount of food they consume.
insects are much much more efficient a food source:##oethe bigger the beast, the more food, land and water is needed to produce the final edible product,
Crickets require just 1. 7 kg of food to produce 1 kg of meat, and 80%is considered edible.#
#Insects also emit less greenhouse gases and ammonia than cattle or pigs and require less land for rearing.
And whatnot, insects can also feed on organic by-products such as human and animal waste, which may help reduce environmental contamination.
And to cap it all the risk that insects may transmit zoonotic infections may well be less significant than the very real risk posed by cattle, pig and poultry, from
Importantly, consumption of insects can bring along direct and relatively rapid societal benefits. Rearing and processing of insects can be performed at a relatively artisanal stage without sophisticated machinery.
This means that the poorest members of society can be encouraged to participate giving them an avenue to employment and income, potentially lifting them out of poverty.
and safety aspect of the entire chain from insect rearing to processing and storage is a must as is a comprehensive legal framework that can lead to the#oefull development...
of production and international trade in insect products.##We must also move past the disgust factor that is embroiled in the cultures of many.
Also, I m a pescatarian so#)So, would you eat insects now that you know how it can help the environment,
One reason for the cassava miracle has been the ongoing breeding of improved varieties that are more resistant to disease, pest, and drought.
Weevil infestations caused postharvest losses as high as 50 percent until Purdue University researchers discovered that storing the cowpeas in airtight containers could preserve the crop for up to a year.
the rugged bags provide an airtight seal for long-term, pest-free storage. The Gates Foundation estimates that by using them,
Starting in the 1970s, researchers in Nigeria successfully bred varieties of cassava that are more resistant to pests
and insects, germinate seeds, and allow farmers to add manure. Near-desert plots are transformed gradually into small, narrow fields in
when Mrs. Baird became disconsolate at discovering that rats had broken into the family s sole remaining bag of corn.
was chosen because previous research in animals had linked changes in gut flora to changes in affective behaviors.
They include everything from making vaccines that don t have to be refrigerated to preventing mosquitos from transmitting malaria.
#Douglas Adams. It s how I feed humming birds, with a mouth full of Red Bull,
Ok, it s your turn to break up the cat fight!..Usually a sign of a bad date!..
#Elephant seal is laughing because he thinks you look funny!..Meals on wheels!..Kissing a giraffe is intimidating, even for blind people!..
Hose heads rule!..Even with the new fence between the U s. and Mexico, people can still just drive across the border!..
Looks like I just dove into the red sea!..Rule of thumb! To be considered an expert, it helps to look grumpy!..
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or resist insect pests. This has allowed farmers to increase yields and spray less pesticide than they might have otherwise.
a plant modified to produce a bacterial toxin that discourages destructive bollworms and cuts down on the need for pesticides.
The key is an alarm pheromone that some species of wild plant have evolved to mimic the chemical warning signals put out by aphids#a major crop pest in the temperate zones
Putting the genes for this defense into wheat has created a crop that could trick the insects into thinking that they are in peril and drive them away.
Unlike Bt cotton and other existing GM organisms, such a crop would need no insect-killing chemical for protection from pests.
Corning, whose toughened Gorilla glass became the screen of choice for many smartphones, will provide phones with curved glass edges as soon as this year.
A Samsung concept shows off a tablet-sized screen that can be rolled up Even after the success of Gorilla Glass,
The#oedead animals in Chinese rivers#toll seems to have stabilized. According to recent reports, over 16,000 dead pigs have been joined by 1, 000 dead ducks and, rather ominously, 13 dead black swans in China s rivers.
The discovery of so many carcasses has elicited no small amount of public concern in China, as well as mockery elsewhere#even Jay Leno got into the act.
So, how the hell did this happen? Here are a few ideas: 1. There are a lot of pigs in China.
Our immune systems need bugs. They rely on early encounters with germs to learn how to protect our bodies.#
#Japanese scientists create 581 clones from the same mouse Scientists clone 581 mice from one mouse.
They have managed to push the technique to new limits by cloning 581 mice all from a single original cell.
If their results can be replicated in other animals it could provide a way for virtually unlimited supplies of genetically superior farm animals or other animals important to research.
scientists had established already a long history of cloning mammals. The first was a genetically identical mouse produced in 1979.
Shortly thereafter the first genetically identical cows chickens, and sheep were produced. What made Dolly a sensation,
scientist have used SCNT to clone other mammals including cat, dog, deer, horse, mule, ox, rabbit and rat.
the authors of the current work were able to clone a mouse to the sixth generation but just barely.
and cats went no further than the third generation. Frustrated scientists attempted to find out why successive cloning was progressively problematic.
For example, a series of cloned mice were shown to express an RNA molecule that inactivated one of the female s X chromosomes.
When the RNA molecule was removed cloning efficiency of the mice increased nearly ninefold. Based on previous work, the Japanese researchers sought to improve their cloning efficiency by using a chemical called trichostatin A that inhibits the powerful epigenetic protein histone deacetylase.
the inhibitor allowed them to produce 581 mice through 25 rounds of SCNT cloning. The mice were healthy
and were able to reproduce. What s more the cloning success rate did not decrease with each generation.
If the inhibitor is equally effective in other animals, the technique opens up the possibility of cloning highly-valued animals such as prized cattle or racehorses,
or genetically modified animals used in medical research. As the authors note in the study:#
#oeour results show that repeated iterative recloning is possible and suggest that, with adequately efficient techniques,
it may be possible to reclone animals indefinitely.##That s good news for those that have turned already to cloning to create a small pack ofsuper sniffing inspector dogs at airports,
cows that produced humanized milk, evenolympic horses. Cloning remains a young science and scientists no doubt have a long list of organisms they would like to clone.
If the current technique means limitless return on one s cloning efforts, it could entice more scientists to take the first step,
animals and fungi, revolutionizing genetic engineering. The protein, called Cas9, is quite simply a way to more accurately cut a piece of DNA.#
Caribou Biosciences, to commercialize her work. In the short term, Church says, the potential of cas9 is that it could be used to study genetics in a way that was heretofore impossible.
But this is the kind of technology that one would use to bring back Neanderthals or, for that matter, mammoths, when their actual DNA is lost to time.
or an elephant (in the case of the mammoth) to match a prehistoric relative. If you want to bring back ice age animals,
Cas9 might be the way to do it. Anything like that is a long way off. Right now, scientists are using this technology largely on cells in laboratory dishes, not on whole organisms.
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