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Strange Laboratory Encounter
- Steven Strogatz describes synthesizing ancient DNA and splicing it into modern bacteria as a strange lab experience.
- He emphasizes the complicated, uneasy relationship between ancient sequences and modern organisms.
Knots Multiply Rapidly
- Mathematical knots proliferate quickly; simple crossings explode into millions of possibilities.
- Studying low-crossing knots hints at vast, complex structures beyond everyday intuition.
Cave Fish Illuminate Sleep
- Cave fish offer a model to unravel genetic contributions to sleep differences across populations.
- Comparing cave populations helps explain human sleep variability from five to eight hours.