To put things in perspective, the cost of sequencing a single genome in 2012 was around $10,000.
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Surely they can’t be worse…can they?
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Even the dictionary doesn’t get the definition right.
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The nature of civilizational threats has changed in a mere decade.
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Some constants, like the speed of light, exist with no underlying explanation. How many “fundamental constants” does our Universe require?