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Scientific American. May 2008

 
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The Chaotic Genesis of Planets - Long viewed as a stately procession to a foregone conclusion, planetary formation turns out to be startlingly chaotic
Regulating Evolution: How Gene Switches Make Life - Switches within DNA that govern when and where genes are turned on enable genomes to generate the great diversity of animal forms from very similar sets of genes
Nuclear Fuel Recycling: More Trouble Than It's Worth - Worn-out proteins, malfunctioning organelles, invading microorganisms: all are swept up by tiny internal "vacuum cleaners" that keep a living cell healthy. If the process, called autophagy, can be kept in good working order, aging itself might be delayed
How Cells Clean House - Worn-out proteins, malfunctioning organelles, invading microorganisms: all are swept up by tiny internal "vacuum cleaners" that keep a living cell healthy. If the process, called autophagy, can be kept in good working order, aging itself might be delayed
Hooked from the First Cigarette - New findings reveal that cigarette addiction can arise astonishingly fast. But the research could lead to therapies that make quitting easier



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