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New York TimesA Plant That ‘Cannot Die’ Reveals Its Genetic Secrets - 12 hours
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New York TimesFauci Wants to Make Vaccines for the Next Pandemic Before It Hits - 7 hours
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If funded, a government program costing several billion dollars could develop “prototype” vaccines to protect against 20 families of...
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If funded, a government program costing several billion dollars could develop “prototype” vaccines to protect against 20 families of viruses. https://t.co/Q98Ug3cHeW - view on twitter
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New York TimesScientists Finish the Human Genome at Last - 8 hours
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The complete genome uncovered more than 100 new genes that are probably functional, and many new variants that may be linked to...
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A team of scientists has finally deciphered the full human genome, two decades after the draft sequence was unveiled. They have filled in vast gaps and corrected errors in previous versions, giving us a new, detailed view of our DNA. https://t.co/zc9l0tIx5s - view on twitter
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New York TimesAstronomers See Moons Forming in Disk Around Distant Exoplanet - 11 hours
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Scientists have never before gotten such a clear view of moons in the...
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“It’s rare, especially in our field, that you see something this beautiful.” https://t.co/5uNZDxAbIc - view on twitter
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New York TimesThe Unappreciated Importance of Cats (to Medical Science) - 13 hours
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Researchers who work on the genomes of domestic and wild cats say their DNA holds clues to human as well as feline...
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The incomparable importance of cats -- to human health. https://t.co/ZZOySjfMEp - view on twitter
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New York TimesOpinion | She Changed Astronomy Forever. He Won the Nobel Prize for It. - 13 hours
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In 1967, Jocelyn Bell Burnell made an astounding discovery. But as a young woman in science, her role was...
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From @NYTOpinion: In 1967, a 24-year-old graduate student at Cambridge made a discovery that changed the course of astronomy and how space is understood forever. Meet Jocelyn Bell Burnell. https://t.co/UZNrWbWMfJ - view on twitter
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New York TimesStranded Killer Whale Survives With Help of Good Samaritans - 9 hours
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Rescuers and wildlife officials kept it cool and wet while waiting for a rising tide. The orca returned to sea about six hours after...
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Chance Strickland, the captain of a private yacht in Alaska, could hear the orca calling out to killer whales swimming in the area. “I don’t speak a lot of whale, but it didn’t seem real stoked,” he said. https://t.co/Iw3f2tHKyK - view on twitter
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New York TimesThe Unappreciated Importance of Cats (to Medical Science) - 16 hours
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Researchers who work on the genomes of domestic and wild cats say their DNA holds clues to human as well as feline...
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Cats may think only of themselves, but their genome is valuable in understanding human as well as feline diseases. https://t.co/ILRV3oWYjh - view on twitter
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New York TimesA Plant That ‘Cannot Die’ Reveals Its Genetic Secrets - 17 hours
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Events in the genome of Welwitschia have given it the ability to survive in an unforgiving desert for thousands of...
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“Most plants develop a leaf, and that’s it. This plant can live thousands of years and it never stops growing. When it does stop growing, it’s dead.” https://t.co/isUqTBW3ED - view on twitter
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New York TimesA Plant That ‘Cannot Die’ Reveals Its Genetic Secrets - 6 hours
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Events in the genome of Welwitschia have given it the ability to survive in an unforgiving desert for thousands of...
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In the Namib desert, some of the largest specimens of this plant are believed to be over 3,000 years old, with two leaves steadily growing since the beginning of the Iron Age, when the Phoenician alphabet was invented and David was crowned King of Israel. https://t.co/uUibS17lS6 - view on twitter
Events in the genome of Welwitschia have given it the ability to survive in an unforgiving desert for thousands of...
In the Namib desert, some of the largest specimens of this plant are believed to be over 3,000 years old, with two leaves steadily growing since the beginning of the Iron Age, when the Phoenician alphabet was invented and David was crowned King of Israel. https://t.co/8so5GHEZRt - view on twitter