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This one is important to us as we start testing OLAPX and BIOLAP approaches for data analysis. The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, based in Kansas City, Missouri, aims to “create the world’s largest pool of openly available, user-contributed data about health and genomics” in hopes of easing challenges with informed consent and data ownership that some biomedical researchers say are holding science back in the era of ‘big data’. Learn more...
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The vast world that exists beneath the surface of the ocean remains largely unknown to humankind, say experts working on an international database of marine species. Of an estimated one million species that make their home in the depths of the sea, as many as two-thirds of them are still a mystery, says a study published this week. Click on the image or title to learn more.
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A new assessment of Madagascar's lemurs shows they are far more threatened than previously thought. A group of specialists is in Madagascar - the only place where lemurs are found in the wild - to systematically assess the animals and decide where they sit on the Red List of Threatened Species. More than 90% of the 103 species should be on the Red List, they say. Since a coup in 2009, conservation groups have repeatedly found evidence of illegal logging, and hunting of lemurs has emerged as a new threat. Click on image or title to learn more... Delete the scoop?
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Scientists report that a genetically engineered corn crop has failed to kill the corn rootworm — the pest it was designed to stop. This may be the most serious threat to a genetically modified crops in the U.S. Clik on the image ot title to learn more. Delete the scoop?
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