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A full 8 percent of the human genome—over 250 million letters of DNA—is a remnant of ancient retroviruses that infected ancestors of our species millennia ago.
A Crack in Creation
Jennifer A. Doudna, Samuel H. Sternberg
Even if it tends to be somewhat socially harmful, perhaps it is worth supporting some of this research simply because it answers questions that humans have been curious about for centuries.
A Tapestry of Values
Kevin C. Elliott
Rachel tries to self-destruct. She casts a wordless spell which should munge her brain, rendering it unreadable. But the attacker has all of her thoughts laid out in plain sight, and he simply slices out anything that looks like resistance. And within another few seconds, he has the key. "You see," he explains, "once you have physical access to the hardware, it's all over."
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