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DARPA's "Prophecy" Wants to Predict Virus Evolution to Make Drug Biz Proactive

DARPA's issued a new "funding opportunity" dubbed Prophecy--it's a program to investigate how virus evolution may be predicted, notionally to improve the way the drug business tackles health threats. But it's DARPA, so there're military issues in the mix too.READ»

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The Sinister Beauty of Nuclear Mutations

For nearly 25 years, science-illustrator Cornelia Hesse-Honegger has been making lovingly detailed drawings of the bizarre insect mutations to be found at Chernobyl.READ»