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...like a genetic cookbook, using four molecular "letters" to spell out recipes for everything from hormones to heart valves. Biologists today are reading the 3.5 billion letters in the human genome as well as the DNA from thousands of other species, and they've amassed vast databases of genetic information that they can rummage through to learn about how life evolved...
...fence-jumpers. Our entire section flooded forward over a flimsy three-foot plastic barrier and into a handicapped section, blocking the views of disabled people and ruining our hard earned vantage point. By the time our new president appeared in the distance, we were freezing and exhausted. After the spell of his booming inaugural address was broken, we passed miles of street vendors selling Barack Obama Hot Sauce between the Mall and our hotel room, where we eventually collapsed, sleeping through the parade on TV. The historical value of hearing Obama’s inaugural address in person can never...
...inclusion of the new searches will spell a forty percent increase over the 15 searches that remained authorized in December, when Smith slashed hiring plans by more than half in response to unprecedented losses posted by the University’s endowment...
...fourth quarter GDP number may have been a little better than expected. Joblessness and a bleeding off of some of that overstocked inventory spell a historic drop...
...rescued Rohingya in India and Indonesia are likely to be "repatriated" to Bangladesh - a return to Burma would spell arrest and far worse. The Rohingya's lot in Burma is dire, says Sean Garcia, a consultant for the Washington-based Refugees International. "They are not allowed to survive," he says. Denied state documents, the Rohingya have to apply for permission to move from village to village, to repair a mosque, even to get married. Rohingya frequently fall victim to forced-labor drives by the military. The Burmese government, say Rohingya rights-groups, sees them as interlopers in the predominantly Buddhist...