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A discussion of “Taq’s Tale” in Richard Dawkins’ and Yan Wong’s book The Ancestor’s Tale. All pictures are from Google.
“The Rhizobium’s Tale”: youtu.be/lJLkYpeaDfw
“Thermus aquaticus gen. n. and sp. n., a Nonsporulating Extreme Thermophile”: journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/jb.98.1.289-297.1969
“The Value of Basic Research: Discovery of Thermus aquaticus and Other Extreme Thermophiles”: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1208068/pdf/ge14641207.pdf
Survivors: The Animals and Plants that Time has Left Behind: amazon.com/Survivors-Animals-Plants-That-Behind/dp/000720986X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2YW9TUYUE0A2Z&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ccZ8RtushQqFDOSfziferQ.xpiQwazEonCOA_7tvw15QnUK8LUCBE1qDc-I93-C6o0&dib_tag=se&keywords=survivors+book+fortey&qid=1786457488&sprefix=survivors+book+fortey%2Caps%2C188&sr=8-1
“Pyrolobus fumarii, gen. and sp. nov., represents a novel group of archaea, extending the upper temperature limit for life to 113°C”: link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s007920050010
“Purified thermostable enzyme”: patents.google.com/patent/US4889818A/en
“Process for amplifying, detecting, and/or cloning nucleic acid sequences using a thermostable enzyme”: patents.google.com/patent/US4965188A/en
“Estimating the Lost Benefits of Antiretroviral Drug Use in South Africa”: ovid.com/jnls/jaids/abstract/10.1097/qai.0b013e31818a6cd5~estimating-the-lost-benefits-of-antiretroviral-drug-use-in?redirectionsource=fulltextview
“Private money cannot replace public funding of science”: science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aef2849
“The High Return on Investment for Publicly Funded Research”: americanprogress.org/article/the-high-return-on-investment-for-publicly-funded-research
“Fatal Imbalance: The Crisis in Research and Development for Drugs for Neglected Diseases”: msf.org/fatal-imbalance-crisis-research-and-development-drugs-neglected-diseases
“Sugar Industry and Coronary Heart Disease Research: A Historical Analysis of Internal Industry Documents”: jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2548255
“Association between Social Media Use and Depression among U.S. Young Adults”: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4853817
“Talc, Asbestos, and Epidemiology: Corporate Influence and Scientific Incognizance”: ovid.com/jnls/epidem/fulltext/10.1097/ede.0000000000001091~talc-asbestos-and-epidemiology-corporate-influence-and
“Manipulated Data in Shell's Benzene Historical Exposure Study”: tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/oeh.2007.13.2.222
“The Beryllium ‘Double Standard’ Standard”: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14758859
A discussion of “Taq’s Tale” in Richard Dawkins’ and Yan Wong’s book The Ancestor’s Tale. All pictures are from Google.
“The Rhizobium’s Tale”: youtu.be/lJLkYpeaDfw
“Thermus aquaticus gen. n. and sp. n., a Nonsporulating Extreme Thermophile”: journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/jb.98.1.289-297.1969
“The Value of Basic Research: Discovery of Thermus aquaticus and Other Extreme Thermophiles”: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1208068/pdf/ge14641207.pdf
Survivors: The Animals and Plants that Time has Left Behind: amazon.com/Survivors-Animals-Plants-That-Behind/dp/000720986X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2YW9TUYUE0A2Z&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ccZ8RtushQqFDOSfziferQ.xpiQwazEonCOA_7tvw15QnUK8LUCBE1qDc-I93-C6o0&dib_tag=se&keywords=survivors+book+fortey&qid=1786457488&sprefix=survivors+book+fortey%2Caps%2C188&sr=8-1
“Pyrolobus fumarii, gen. and sp. nov., represents a novel group of archaea, extending the upper temperature limit for life to 113°C”: link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s007920050010
“Purified thermostable enzyme”: patents.google.com/patent/US4889818A/en
“Process for amplifying, detecting, and/or cloning nucleic acid sequences using a thermostable enzyme”: patents.google.com/patent/US4965188A/en
“Estimating the Lost Benefits of Antiretroviral Drug Use in South Africa”: ovid.com/jnls/jaids/abstract/10.1097/qai.0b013e31818a6cd5~estimating-the-lost-benefits-of-antiretroviral-drug-use-in?redirectionsource=fulltextview
“Private money cannot replace public funding of science”: science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aef2849
“The High Return on Investment for Publicly Funded Research”: americanprogress.org/article/the-high-return-on-investment-for-publicly-funded-research
“Fatal Imbalance: The Crisis in Research and Development for Drugs for Neglected Diseases”: msf.org/fatal-imbalance-crisis-research-and-development-drugs-neglected-diseases
“Sugar Industry and Coronary Heart Disease Research: A Historical Analysis of Internal Industry Documents”: jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2548255
“Association between Social Media Use and Depression among U.S. Young Adults”: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4853817
“Talc, Asbestos, and Epidemiology: Corporate Influence and Scientific Incognizance”: ovid.com/jnls/epidem/fulltext/10.1097/ede.0000000000001091~talc-asbestos-and-epidemiology-corporate-influence-and
“Manipulated Data in Shell's Benzene Historical Exposure Study”: tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/oeh.2007.13.2.222
“The Beryllium ‘Double Standard’ Standard”: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14758859
