"Genus Envy? Phallic Mushroom Wins Immortality for California Scientist"
"Most great scientists have prizes named after them. Or university buildings. Not Bob Drewes."
Source: San Jose Mercury News, 06/15/2009
Things related to the web of life; ecology; wildlife; endangered species
By JAN KNIGHT
U.S. biotech coverage presents less risk than Canadian coverage, few popular views, preliminary study suggests
A recent study compares U.S. and Canadian public opinion of genetic technology and combines it with a preliminary study of the countries' biotech news coverage, finding that U.S. coverage focuses less on risks of genetic manipulation than Canadian coverage and fails to represent the wide range of public opinion on the topic.