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Cracking beer’s genetic code – Hot Rum Cow - Adventures in the world of drinkinghotrumcow.co.uk
Cracking beer’s genetic code. A team of researchers in Belgium have been busy sequencing the DNA of brewers’ yeast. Their modest aim? To breed a new generation of yeasts capable of producing beers that have previously only been dreamt of - mathfood.com
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Twitter CEO: 'We suck at dealing with abuse'theverge.com
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo is taking personal responsibility for his platform's chronic problems with harassment and abuse, telling employees that he is embarrassed for the company's failures and... -
Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Databasefossilworks.org
Fossilworks hosts query, analysis, and download functions used to access large paleontological data sets. It presents taxonomic, distributional, and ecological data about the entire fossil record. -
Fantastically Wrong: The Weird, Kinda Perverted History of the Unicorn | WIREDwired.com
In late 2012, the North Korean regime made a rather bizarre announcement, even by the standards of the North Korean regime. According to The Guardian, the country’s archaeologists had discovered “the lair of one of the unicorns ridden by the ancient Ko... -
Why We Remember So Many Things Wrong - The New Yorkernewyorker.com
If we remember dramatic and emotional moments so well, why do most people forget what they were doing when the Challenger exploded? -
One Week of Harassment on Twitterfemfreq.tumblr.com
Ever since I began my Tropes vs Women in Video Games project, two and a half years ago, I’ve been harassed on a daily basis by irate gamers angry at my critiques of sexism in video games. It can sometimes be difficult to effectively communicate just ho... -
Full Stack Software Engineer - Women.com Jobs on AngelListangel.co
Apply now for Full Stack Software Engineer job at Women.com in Los Angeles - Work at the best brand on the internet and help develop the next generation advice platform for women. -
The Last Page of the Medieval Bookmedievalbooks.nl
I love the last page of the medieval book. Not because it means that my research of a particular manuscript is almost completed, but because the last page often provides information pertaining to t... - anthemfacts.com
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Controllers and Views in Gocalhoun.io
Chances are a lot of developers who pick up Go will be familiar with the MVC model. Models, views, and controllers are great for abstracting away code, but sadly there aren't many examples of how to use them in Go... - bloomberg.com
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Cards Against Humanity: The Tumblrcah.tumblr.com
Cards Against Humanity’s Private Island by Jenn Bane Late last year, Cards Against Humanity bought a private island in the middle of nowhere, Maine, and gave one square foot of it to each of our... -
AT&T previews lawsuit it plans to file against FCC over net neutralityarstechnica.com
AT&T says Title II proponents "are only deceiving themselves." -
‘It’s Yours’: A Short History of the Hordeblog.longreads.com
How Ta-Nehisi Coates built the best comment section on the internet—and why it can’t last. - transition.fcc.gov
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How genetics is reshaping the marijuana industryfusion.net
Every morning, Josh Chase makes his way from Goetz House, a yellow-and-white cottage in the middle of nowhere Washington, past a makeshift 8-foot “security fence” built from square-cut pieces of lumber and black plastic tarp, down to the greenhouses. -
Dark matter can give you cancer — and that may be a good thing.medium.com
It may be possible to build a DNA-based detector to measure the “wind” of dark matter blowing through our planet. -
CPU backdoorsdanluu.com
It’s generally accepted that any piece of software could be compromised with a backdoor. Prominent examples include the Sony/BMG installer, which had … - easypost.com