The Code of Life, Juno's Mission, and Desktop Accelerators: Week in Review

ByAllison EckThursday, July 7, 2016 NOVA NextNOVA Next

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Using evolution as a guide, developmental biologists have built an organism using nothing but computer code. NOVA Next contributor Cynthia Graber

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Here’s a 360˚ view fit for a pharaoh .
Newly developed “wakefield acceleration” could pave the way for
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NASA’s Juno spacecraft nails Jupiter orbit in advance of 20 months of exploration.
Janet Iwasa is a molecular biologist who creates films that animate other biologists’ ideas .

Neil deGrasse Tyson said last week that society should be governed by science alone . [New Scientist]
A pilot captures this crazy thunderstorm photo over the Pacific Ocean. [Washington Post]
Listen to the sound of Juno crossing into Jupiter’s magnetic field. [The Verge]
Leading experts are saying that GMO opponents stand in the way of better nutrition for people worldwide. [The New York Times]
In 50 years, the inhabitants of Tangier Island could become some of the first climate-change refugees in the continental U.S. [The New York Times]