Richard Conniff
‘Time to finish the job’: One wild polio strain stands in the way of eradication of the disease
The international effort to achieve [polio eradication] passed a major milestone [recently] with the worldwide eradication of wild poliovirus type ...
‘Puzzle of a million pieces’: New study traces humanity’s birthplace to northern Botswana
[A] study, appearing [October 28] in the journal Nature, uses genetic, archaeological, linguistic and climatic evidence to argue that the ancestral homeland ...
Historical amnesia: Measles outbreaks remind us why it’s perilous to forget life before vaccines
I suffer, like most people, from a notorious Catch-22: Vaccines save us from diseases, then cause us to forget the ...
‘Morally appropriate’? Entomologists question effort to eradicate disease-causing tsetse fly in Africa
Sleeping sickness (or trypanosomiasis), endemic to sub-Saharan Africa, is a horribly debilitating disease. … [Why not] end sleeping sickness by ...
‘Remarkable’ love child: Here’s what happened when a Neanderthal met a Denisovan
In a remarkable twist in the story line of early human evolution, scientists have announced the discovery of “Denisova 11”—a ...
Plant ‘vaccines’, CRISPR gene editing could increase crop yields and reduce pesticide use
When European researchers recently announced a new technique that could potentially replace chemical pesticides with a natural “vaccine” for crops, ...
“Sustainable intensification” in farming vs the alternative: Food shortages and unrest
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For researchers trying to ...