Saturday citations: A virus that makes its own proteins; a new Spinosaurus; exercise beats anxiety

This week in the scientific process: researchers reported the first-ever shark sighted in Antarctic waters. Penguins beware!

Giant DNA viruses encode their own eukaryote-like translation machinery, researchers discover

In a new study, published in Cell, researchers describe a newfound mechanism for creating proteins in a giant DNA virus, comparable to a mechanism in eukaryotic cells. The finding challenges the dogma ...

Your DNA Is Constantly Moving, and It Could Hold the Key to Cancer and Autism

Human DNA constantly refolds in 3D space, and these looping dynamics regulate gene expression and cell identity.
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Ginkgo - OpenAI collaboration cuts costs in protein synthesis

Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings (DNA) announced on Thursday that, in collaboration with Microsoft (MSFT)-backed OpenAI (OPENAI), it has designed an AI system that can lower costs in cell-free protein ...