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Jurassic Squid Drawn in Own Ink — Again

" Last month, Dr. Phil Wilby’s crew drew a picture of a belemnite — a Jurassic squid — with its own ink.70 “We felt … it would be the ultimate self-portrait,” Wilby said. From Dr. Wilby, and other scientists, we can tell a story of how his crew may have gotten the...

created by hungeski | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Mary Richard

Getting to the Root Cause of Grey Hair

The New York Times had a story this week about President Obama going grey just 44 days into the Whitehouse job. It happens to the best of them, but it seems that his has been turning incredibly...

created by Mary Richard | 4 years ago
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cipherkam

Miss Melanin (A Dedication to the Sisters)

Ms. Melanin is a beautiful Nu Soul and Spoken Word video which inspires women who were and are teased and discriminated against because of their skin color. Kamal Imani let's them know just how beautiful they are....

created by cipherkam | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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ScienceDave

Nuclear Fungi: Redefining Life's Energy

A recent article published in PLoS one, an open access peer-reviewed scientific journal, was titled, "Ionizing Radiation Changes the Electronic Properties of Melanin and Enhances the Growth of Melanized Fungi"I...