Krulwich: Do you know anybody in this original group [of people selected to have Celera decode their genome]? Any of your employees, or are they all found objects? Venter: No. Some of them are ...
Just how important is money? Few would deny that it plays a key role in the economy. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, existing economic theory was unable either to explain the causes of the ...
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Peder Breivik (Self)Aksel Aleksandersen (Self)Aksel Karlsen (Self)Bernhard Berntsen (Self) Ellen Aanesen A film reportage from the Outer Senja, where the fishing village is growing, from ...
Produced at amazing speed in the years after the Conquest, the Domesday Book provides a vivid picture of late 11th-century England. Find out how it was compiled, and what it reveals about life in ...
What is a growth mindset? Psychologist Professor Carol Dweck coined the term 'growth mindset' when she researched how people's underlying beliefs about themselves and their abilities can affect ...
How did it become possible to sequence the 3 billion base pairs in the human genome? More than a quarter of a century’s worth of work from hundreds of scientists made such projects possible.
Venter pointed out that treating obesity-related illnesses in South Africa already cost about R2,500 per person a year and is ...
Glasgow’s hopes of a top-two finish in the URC are now out of their own hands after a humiliating defeat in Johannesburg by a Lions team who played barely 25 minutes of the game with a full ...