Science FTW

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Fascinating stuff. How far from immortality are we, I wonder? (I mean, I have a collection of a great many cells I would kind of like to not have die, as well!)

Yeah, yeah, tumors and failed apoptosis and all that. Details, man! Just details!

Jillian Bell Drinking GIF by Comedy Central

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If this can be replicated and scaled up, it’ll be an incredible advance.

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Unlike the mammoth- it’s ecosystem still exists.

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This one? (can’t read the linked article)

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Yes. The Tasmanian Tiger.

Re-establishing apex predators improves an ecosystem.

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Solving the important mysteries:

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Tatoos are really cool, but give some thought to this:

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This episode of The X-Files also highlighted the dangers of some ink ingredients :grimacing::

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Wrap your brain around this: You are a product of an oocyte (an immature egg) that was growing in your grandmother’s womb. Here’s how:

By the time a female fetus reaches 20 weeks gestation, there are between 6 million and 7 million oocytes in those tiny, developing ovaries. You came from one of those – which means that when your grandmother was about five months pregnant, you were a spec of a possibility inside her womb.

"This is why there’s multigenerational impacts for any environmental exposures a woman may have when she’s pregnant. Not only does it affect the woman and fetus, but it then extends across generations

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Amazing, amazing views. Space is so cool!

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