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biology New study reveals that humans are not related to these spikey, wrinkly anus-less sacks Thom Dunn

computer science Scientists successfully created a biological computer out of E. coli Thom Dunn

security If you're an American of European descent, your stupid cousins have probably put you in vast commercial genomic databases Cory Doctorow

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