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Eeek! or E484K mutation and the coronavirus pandemic

Rupert Beale · Eeek! · LRB 19 February 2021: "Uncontrolled spread – as we knew it would – led to an even greater wave of infections, hospitalisations and deaths than last spring. Children were sent to school for one day before the necessary ‘lockdown’ was reimposed. The impulse to keep schools...
Source: lrb.co.uk

Science historians mark 150 years of 'the tree of life' in Nature article: How can we depict diversity? Biologists of the

Science historians mark 150 years of 'the tree of life' in Nature article: How can we depict diversity? Biologists of the 19th century faced this question as they became aware not only of the huge variety of plant and animal species, but also of the connections between these species. Ultimately it was...
Source: phys.org

Biologists start sharing unpublished work—oh, the horror!: Bemused physicists watch biologists start biorXiv, party likes

Biologists start sharing unpublished work—oh, the horror!: Bemused physicists watch biologists start biorXiv, party likes it's 1991.
Source: arstechnica.com