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All known life uses 4 DNA letters; UC San Diego showed an existing bacterial enzyme can accurately read and transcribe 8, doubling the genetic alphabet with synthetic letters

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All known life uses 4 DNA letters; UC San Diego showed an existing bacterial enzyme can accurately read and transcribe 8, doubling the genetic alphabet with synthetic letters

Representative image of DNA All life on Earth, from bacteria to blue whales, writes its genetic instructions using the same four-letter alphabet. These four DNA bases, usually referred to as A, T, C and G, pair up in predictable ways to store and pass on the information needed for life. Now, researchers at UC San … Read more

Tim Cook’s last day as Apple CEO: Read his full memo to employees

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Tim Cook has led Apple as CEO since 2011. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan)

Apple CEO Tim Cook bid farewell to his role at the tech giant on Monday. Tim Cook has led Apple as CEO since 2011. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan) On his last day as CEO, Cook sent a heartfelt memo to Apple employees, thanking them for their support and praising them as an “extraordinary team.” He also … Read more

Comix website down: Thousands report outage; ‘Where am I supposed to read manga and manhwa?’

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Comix.to is down. (UnSplash)

Update: Comix.to is now back online after a brief outage on Saturday. The reason for the disruption remains unknown. Comix.to is down. (UnSplash) During the outage, Comix.to was unavailable to users worldwide. One user wrote on Reddit, “Did comix go down for anyone else? I was on the last extra chapters of such a good … Read more