A Washington Post article* from this past week discusses China as an emerging leader in scientific research and development. Just a decade […]
Earlier this month on the Go Big Read Blog, we let you know that Rebecca Skloot was going to WPR with Kathleen […]
According to Popular Science, Feb. 1, 2010, 276(2), p. 81. This is the sort of summary that the public is reading on […]
Rebecca Skloot has been all over the air waves—tv and radio—talking about her recently published book and UW-Madison’s Go Big Read for […]
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UC Berkely wants their freshmen to discover what they are made of, literally. The Los Angeles Times reports that Berkely is sending […]
On Wednesday, June 2nd, Kathleen Dunn will be interviewing Rebecca Skloot, author of “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.” Skloot was also […]
This week the scientific community excited and intrigued by Craig’s Venter’s Mycoplasma mycoides, which is being called the first synthetic cell. Venter […]
On Wednesday, May 19th, “Law and Order” had an episode called “Immortal,” that had a storyline about “stolen” immortal cells, an African-American […]
One of the most well-known types of informed consent is organ donation. When issued a driver’s license for the first time, we […]