Category: Death
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Giant viruses. Evolution. New genes.
Three new members have been added to the Pandoravirus family. Researchers offer an explanation to their puzzling giant genomes with many orphan genes: pandoviruses appear to be factories for new genes - and therefore new functions. From freaks of nature to evolutionary innovators, giant viruses continue to shake branches on the tree of life! (1)…
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Christians dying. [Poem. Memento Mori]
Walking down the street. Flowers drifted by the breeze. Sparrow passes by. The odor of flowers. The odor of death. Hold my hand daughter. Smile. The executioner comes from behind. Child chuckles fill the air. Blood dripping at the edge. Hold my hand daughter. Smile. I will tickle you! The sword comes down fast. Laughter.…
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Staying alive for ever. Being dead long ago. Dying. Being born.
Can we stay young forever, or even recapture lost youth? Research from the laboratory of Professor Julian Chen in the School of Molecular Sciences at Arizona State University recently uncovered a crucial step in the telomerase enzyme catalytic cycle. This catalytic cycle determines the ability of the human telomerase enzyme to synthesize DNA "repeats" (specific…
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Art. Caves. Sound. From silence…
When and where did humans develop language? To find out, look deep inside caves, suggests an MIT professor. More precisely, some specific features of cave art may provide clues about how our symbolic, multifaceted language capabilities evolved, according to a paper co-authored by MIT linguist Shigeru Miyagawa. A key to this idea is that cave…
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