School play: biotech for agrobiodiversity conservation. Brecht unavailable for comment.
Chimp food gathering behaviour studied
Chimps dig tubers. In both senses.
Do we need a scientific society for agricultural biodiversity?
SIRGEALC ended on Friday with a call for the establishment of a Latin American Society for Genetic Resources. Similar things have been suggested before, to no avail. The SAT21 conference recommended that an international society be set up, for example. That was seven years ago and I don´t think there´s been much talk about it since. What do you think? Do we need another scientific society?
Agricultural spread in Europe
Black Sea flood “caused spread of agriculture in Europe.” Noah unavailable for comment.
Mongolian megafish
Mongolians protect giant trout by not eating it. More for everybody else, I guess.