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...race to map the human genome--and fought them to a photo finish five years ago--is actually hard at work. He's prospecting--not for gold but for DNA, applying the same techniques developed to decode human genes to the genes of microbes scooped from the ocean and out of the air. On a pilot voyage, through the Sargasso Sea in the North Atlantic, he found more than 1,800 new species of bacteria and viruses--a surprise, since he had always thought of the Sargasso as a biological desert, relatively devoid of life...
...researchers have set out to look for those genes--and not just in the ocean. Venter is also sampling the air over New York City, and other scientists are looking into hot springs, digging into the ground and even testing toxic-waste sites. "You can pick up a gram of soil," says Aristides Patrinos, who oversees the Department of Energy's genome program, "and there's DNA in it. By sequencing that DNA, you can infer what's there in terms of diversity." As a rule, the more diverse a given ecosystem--the more genes present, even at the microbial...
...League Championships were played on a difficult course at the Maidstone Golf Club. The course borders the ocean, and the combination of the sea breeze and the inclement weather made conditions unbearable. Harvard struggled through the two-day event, placing sixth in a field of seven...
...Emptor had long been pushing for an outright ban on trade in the beluga, arguing that the species' Caspian population has fallen 90% and might soon be extinct. "This is a grievous mistake," says Ellen Pikitch, one of Caviar Emptor's founders and director of the Pew Institute for Ocean Science. "The beluga is the most valuable fish in the world, and when a fish reaches that level of value and is so threatened, the best way to save it is to completely cut off the market...
...Real estate agents all but guarantee Corey Glave a six-figure profit if he sells his two-bedroom Hermosa Beach bungalow outside L.A. But where would he and his family go? Soaring prices across the region have put anything suitable out of reach. "To get the same yard and ocean view that I have now would cost way over $1 million," he says...