"A no-name propagandist"

Arielle Duhaime-Ross • Correspondent, VICE News Tonight on HBO • Environment/Climate/Science • She/Her/Hers 

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So I’m leaving The Verge

After two amazing years at The Verge, I’m moving on. On Monday, I’ll start working at VICE, where I’ll serve as the environment and climate correspondent on VICE’s upcoming nightly news show on HBO. It’s a big change, and I’m excited. But before I get started, I want to take some time to look back. Working at The Verge was a wonderful experience that I wouldn’t change for anything. This is partly because of The Verge’s talented staff. But I also got to make a lot of cool shit. So, here’s a short list on my new Tumblr. I got rid of the old one — ‘cause why the hell not. 

Features

A Bitter Pill: Josiah Zayner’s gut was making his life hell —  so he embarked on an extreme DIY fecal transplant (MAY 2016)

Memory in the Flesh: A radical 1950s scientist suggested memories could survive outside the brain — and he may have been right (MARCH 2015)

Driven: how Zipcar’s founders built and lost a car-sharing empire (APRIL 2014)

Videos

Reports

Theranos’ proprietary technology wasn’t vetted by federal inspectors for two years (DECEMBER 2015)

Widespread delays are punishing gay men who want to give blood (JUNE 2016)

Oral history: the sexual misadventures of the dental dam (MARCH 2014)

Theranos doesn’t want its tech compared to other machines — except when it’s convenient (OCTOBER 2015)

Medical journal’s bogus investigation could derail better dietary guidelines (SEPTEMBER 2015)

Meet the con man selling fake stem cell treatments to children (JUNE  2014)

Startup claims its test finds cancer early, but where’s the evidence? (SEPTEMBER 2015)

I tried a vibrating ‘smart Kegel exerciser,’ and it hurt like hell (JANUARY 2015)

How scientists could patent the genetic blueprint for a human (JUNE 2016)

That’s long enough for a walk down memory lane, I think. Onward! 

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How scientists could patent the genetic blueprint for a human

Three weeks ago, scientists announced a controversial plan to create synthetic human genomes from scratch. The paper — which they published following reports about a private, off-the-record meeting — outlined an ambitious plan to build human genomes with various, medically relevant properties, like ones that are immune to cancer. But the overall description of the project, called HGP-write, was vague, leaving many with questions about the project’s aims. Chief among them: would the project make it possible to patent a human genome for the first time? And are the scientists involved in the project contemplating this?

Illustration by James Bareham

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Sperm self-sabotage to make sure mothers have a bigger influence on DNA

“Here’s a fun biological fact: men pass on less DNA to their children than women do. The reason for this has been a long-standing mystery, though a study published today leads us closer to understanding.”

**Mitochondrion illustration by Dami Lee. Check out her stuff at http://asperusualcomics.com/