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The Oyster King’s Cellar: How Thomas Downing Hid Freedom Beneath Wall Street
In the bustling commercial heart of 19th-century New York City, oysters were everywhere. They were cheap, abundant, and consumed by all classes. Yet within this seemingly ordinary food economy, one man quietly transformed hospitality into an engine of resistance. Thomas Downing, a free Black entrepreneur born in Virginia in 1791, built one of the most…
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CONVERSATIONS WITH JOANNA MASEL: On the Evolutionary Origins of Amino Acids and Rewriting Life’s Code.
In a new study that rewrites part of life’s earliest evolutionary narrative, researchers have used cutting-edge phylogenetic techniques to infer the sequence in which amino acids were added to the genetic code—tracing all the way back to the Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA). By analyzing a vast number of ancient protein sequences, the team identified…
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Conversations with Bertie Gregory: Discovering how amazing penguins don’t read scripts.
Bertie Gregory’s “Secrets of the Penguins” reveals surprising behaviors and emotional depth of penguins through immersive wildlife storytelling.