Ones that got away - July 03, 2009
“We plan to use the sequence to establish a breeding programme for bluefin tuna as most aquaculture farmers presently use wild juveniles. We want to establish a complete aquaculture system that will produce fish that have good strength, are resistant to disease, grow quickly and taste delicious.”
Kazumasa Ikuta, director of research at the Yokohama-based Fisheries Research Agency, says he expects to have sequenced the bluefin tuna genome within two months (Daily Telegraph).
“The dinosaurs have been nicknamed after characters created by poet Banjo Paterson who is said to have written Waltzing Matilda in Winton in 1885.”
Anna Bligh, premier of Queensland, announces the discovery of three new dinosaurs in Australia: Australovenator wintonensis, Diamantinasaurus matildae and Wintonotitan wattsi (Brisbane Times).
“This is a pattern that we hadn’t really recognized before.”
Chris Landsea, atmospheric scientist at the hurricane research division of NOAA in the US, comments on a new paper about El Niño and hurricanes (Science News).
“[We need a] network of people involved in intelligence-gathering to be able to deal swiftly with even the faintest hint of revolution.”
An un-named vice-chancellor at a UK university reveals his paranoia (The Times Higher).
