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Holly Million is replacing Neil McGovern as the executive director of the GNOME Foundation, although her colorful CV is leading to shocked reactions from some…

The GNOME Foundation has named a new Executive Director for overseeing the foundation responsible for this leading open-source desktop environment.

"The history of any given technology is extraordinarily complex." --Rob Carlson, Biology is Technology.

Can synthetic biology save us? This scientist thinks so

In the summer of 2009, a team of Cambridge University undergraduates built seven strains of the bacterium Escherichia coli, one in each color of the rainbow. Red and orange carotenoid pigments were produced by inserting genes from plant pathogen Pantoea ananatis; a cluster of genes from Chromobacterium violaceum were likewise modified to yield green and purple. The students’ technicolor creations, dubbed “E. chromi” in reference to the organisms’ scientific name, won the Cambridge te...

Our energy dilemma The hydrocarbon economy is faltering as oil reserves dwindle worldwide (Hirsch, 2008).  Commodity prices have begun to fluctuate drastically due to the uncertain cost of petroleum, which resulted in food riots around the world in 2008.  With a steadily decreasing energy supply and the demands on energy systems continually growing, the planet is in dire economic, geopolitical, and environmental straits.  In order to halt the advance of climate change, prevent ecological col...