Oct. 22, 2020
Thu. 10/22 - The Rare Tree Needed for a COVID-19 Vaccine
What does root beer have to do with a potential COVID-19 vaccine? A deep dive on that connection. A peek into the world of people who grow giant vegetables. And the Iowa woman who had her cat successfully cloned.
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Links:
- A COVID-19 Vaccine Could Rely on Rare Trees in Chile (The Atlantic)
- COVID-19 tracker: Roche taps Atea for oral antiviral; AstraZeneca's US vaccine trial to resume 'imminently' (Fierce Pharma)
- ‘We’re like athletes’: the secret lives of giant-vegetable growers (The Guardian)
- Backyard Giants: The Passionate, Heartbreaking, and Glorious Quest to Grow the Biggest Pumpkin Ever by Susan Warren
- Squashed by Joan Bauer
- Iowa Woman Has Her Dead Pet Cat Cloned (Oddee)
- ViaGen Pets | America's Pet Cloning Experts
- Kottke.Org
- Jackson Bird on Twitter
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