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QuickBLASTP adds pre-processing to BLAST search

QuickBLASTP, an accelerated version of BLASTP, adds a new pre-processing step to the non-redundant (nr) protein database. In a matter of seconds, QuickBLASTP will find approximately 97% of the database sequences with 70% or...

Busting myths of origin

New studies show that there is no such thing as “pure” European—or anyone else. Almost all of us are the children of repeated ancient migrations, according to researchers who study ancient human origins. Indigenous Europeans,...

First three round the Moon 

Roger Launius on a valentine to the astronauts behind Apollo 8 and Earthrise. Ed Rybicki’s insight:I remember hanging on every news broadcast to find out what had happened. Stirring times! See it on Scoop.it,...