Month: July 2013

The Duality of DNA Barcoding: A powerful technique that translates in the classroom

The Duality of DNA Barcoding: A powerful technique that translates in the classroom

By Jeanne Garbarino, @JeanneGarb   Last week Rockefeller’s Science Outreach Program piloted a new workshop series for science teachers in collaboration with the Harlem DNA Lab of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL). Led by Harlem DNA Lab manager Melissa Lee, a dedicated group of science […]

Podcast: DEET, Mesquite, and Mutant Mosquitoes

Podcast: DEET, Mesquite, and Mutant Mosquitoes

Why do some mosquitoes bite us? How do mosquitoes spread disease? What can we do to prevent getting “eaten alive?” Scientists Matt DeGennaro, Lindy McBride, and Emily Dennis from the Vosshall Lab of Neurogenetics and Behavior at Rockefeller discuss their latest research on Aedes aegypti — […]

Living in 3D // Real-D

Living in 3D // Real-D

by Maryam Zaringhalam, @thisisartlab The most outrageous-seeming science fiction constructions have a rather amazing longstanding habit of becoming reality. It’s actually almost impossible [for me at least] to imagine that in the not-so distant past space travel // robots // the Internet existed solely in […]

Speaking the Language of Data

Speaking the Language of Data

By Michael LeVine, @thoughtculture     Imagine you are standing in the middle of a busy street – the kind of street you’d find in Midtown Manhattan on a Tuesday afternoon. Now, imagine that not a single person speaks your language, but everyone is talking. […]

Naked Mole Rats Are Not Pretty.

Naked Mole Rats Are Not Pretty.

By Emily Dennis, @emilyjanedennis Naked mole rats are neither moles, nor rats. They are mammals, but they live in bee-like colonies. They have eyes, but can barely see. They live for a long time (up to 30 years!) but rarely get cancer. Naked mole rats […]

Skulls and Specimens: The Mütter Museum is Weird and Worth It

Skulls and Specimens: The Mütter Museum is Weird and Worth It

By Claire Warriner, @CLWarriner This April, I found myself in Philadelphia as a guest at the wedding of two people I’d never met. In addition to stuffing myself with crab Rangoon and avoiding eye contact with the groom’s mother, I visited the gruesomely fascinating Mütter Museum […]