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Oops! Gene editing not as precise as advertised

September 30, 2019

Oops! Gene editing not as precise as advertised Sometimes a headline gives you practically the entire story. Take this one: “Gene-Editing Unintentionally Adds Bovine DNA, Goat DNA, and Bacterial DNA, Mouse Researchers Find.” The writer details how this happens, of course. And, there is an important subtext. The problem is chalked up by scientists and regulators to […]

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Hardin’s “tragedy of the commons” explained with a practical example: a tourist trap in Florence

July 29, 2015

Hardin’s “tragedy of the commons” explained with a practical example: a tourist trap in Florence Image by James Good Garrett Hardin’s idea of “The Tragedy of the Commons” has become well known, but not always really understood. In my case, I can say that I have big troubles in having my students grasping its mechanism; […]

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Ecological Crisis and the Tragedy of the Commodity

July 21, 2015

Ecological Crisis and the Tragedy of the Commodity We live in an era of ecological crisis, which is a direct result of human actions. Natural scientists have been debating whether the current historical epoch should be called the Anthropocene, in order to mark the period in which human activities became the primary driver of global […]

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