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Ancient Tweaking

Twenty years ago, scientists knew nothing of the scraps of RNA that are now known to influence just about every process in our bodies. Back then, the textbooks were simpler: genes code for proteins via the intermediate of RNA, and proteins called transcription factors regulate other proteins. This recipe was so entrenched in the basic [...]

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Open Science

What is open science? I talk to Michael Nielsen about Open Notebook Science, the Galaxy Zoo Project and the Open Dinosaur Project for CBC's Spark to get at what happens when science opens up to everyone by moving online. :: Listen to the full programme or just this section ::

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• NYTimes' article on Indian tribe winning their fight to limit research of its DNA #
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