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What We're Reading
November 15
1
‘Invisible’ Mice Reveal Anatomical Secrets (Nature)
A technique that turns dead rodents clear uncovers surprising details about how the animals.
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How Biologists Are Creating Life-Like Cells from Scratch (Nature)
Built from the bottom up, synthetic cells and other creations are starting to come together and could soon test the boundaries of life.
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Viral Video of Baby Bear on Snowbank Draws Criticism of Drone Harassment (The Atlantic)
Wildlife scientists say the mother bear was agitated by the drone that captured the footage, leading her to take unnecessary risks that could have endangered her cub.
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Why Not Sequence Everything? A Plan To Decode Every Complex Species on Earth (Nature)
An ambitious effort to sequence the genome of every complex organism on Earth was officially launched on November 1 in London. The project comprises more than a dozen existing sequencing programs, such as the Darwin Tree of Life Project.
