Analysis of chemical patterns on DNA shows promise for explaining disease, but few results have yet been replicated.
Obesity may be written not only in the genes, but also on top of them. One of the largest studies so far to probe the human epigenome — the collective name for the patterns of chemical groups that adorn DNA sequences and influence their activity — has found some tags that are linked to differences in body mass index (BMI).
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May Sarton, from Journal of a Solitude
The captioned adventures of Ben Franklin.
I could more easily forgive his vanity had he not wounded mine.
PRIDE & PREJUDICE (2005) >> Filming Locations, part I dir. Joe Wright
advice i think we should tell children is that when adults say stuff like ‘now that i’m an adult i get really excited about stuff like coffee tables and bathrooms and rugs etc’ they don’t mean ‘and now i don’t care about blorbo and squimbus from my childhood tv shows anymore’ bc your average adult still loves all the same pop culture stuff they always did; they just have a greater appreciation for the mundane as well. growing up just means you can enjoy life twice as much now. you can get really excited about a new stuffed animal AND about a new kitchen sponge. peace and love
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Elizabeth’s Green Gown + Outfit Details ELIZABETH (1998)
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES End Credits Scene
ELEGY
[noun]
1. a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.
2. a poem written in elegiac meter.
3. a sad or mournful musical composition.
Etymology: from Latin elegīa < Greek elegeía, originally neuter plural of elegeîos, “elegiac”, equivalent to éleg(os), “a lament”.
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This Gertjie, the orphaned baby rhino, is scared to sleep alone at night after his mother was killed by poachers. Learn about this cuties tragic story here.