[Link] Gene common in south Asian people doubles risk of Covid death, study finds

Read: 6/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Scientists have identified a gene that doubles the risks of respiratory failure and death from Covid and could explain why people of south Asian heritage are more vulnerable to the disease.

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[Link] An aquarium accident may have given this crayfish the DNA to take over the world

Read: 5/8/2021 www.sciencemag.org

It sounds like a bad monster movie plot: A 10-legged mutant creature that reproduces asexually, escapes from confinement in Germany, and quietly begins a global invasion.

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