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Another Ancestor Paradox

AdultsEvolutionGeneticsHistory
There is a point in human history where everyone alive at the time fits into one of two categories: Either they are the ancestor of nobody alive today, or they are an ancestor of everyone alive today because of how genealogy and genetic lineages work – and it is much more recent than you think.
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The Man Who Took LSD and Changed The World

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LSD-fiend, surfer, maverick — Kary Mullis might be the weirdest person ever to win the Nobel Prize.
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What Is Sickle Cell Disease?

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You have around 35 trillion red blood cells moving around your body at all times. Typically they are rounded and flexible. What happens when they aren’t?
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The Ice Bucket Challenge Actually Worked

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The Ice Bucket Challenge raised millions of dollars for research into treatments for ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease.
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The Disease You Will Never Survive

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A simple mis-folding in a certain brain protein causes a disease for which we have no cure.
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The Fastest-Growing Plant In The World

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Bamboo is the world’s fastest growing plant thanks to the cell elongation process it shares with all grasses and its unique cell wall layering adaptation, allowing it to shoot up to 100 ft (30m) in just 8 weeks.