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Meet Carter Grandbois, the 18-year-old who started hauling junk at 16; his Colorado business now bills up to $15,000 a month

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Meet Carter Grandbois, the 18-year-old who started hauling junk at 16; his Colorado business now bills up to $15,000 a month

Photo credit: Carter Grandbois / InstagramThis image is improved using Gemini At 16, while many of his classmates were thinking about part-time jobs in retail or food service, Carter Grandbois saw an opportunity in other people’s clutter. Living in Colorado Springs, he borrowed a trailer, posted on social media and started hauling away junk for … Read more

Scientists found that DNA once dismissed as “junk” helps chromosomes find their partners

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Scientists found that DNA once dismissed as “junk” helps chromosomes find their partners

For years, the dense loops of repetitive DNA clustered near the middle of chromosomes were treated as evolutionary clutter. According to the new study published in Nature, titled ‘Meiotic pairing through barcode-like satellite DNA repeats‘, researchers working with fruit flies have shown that this so-called satellite DNA forms a kind of barcode: a unique combination … Read more