Oct 20, 2014

Creation Translation

There are three very famous letters in biology: D-N-A. We all know it as the Book of Life, the recipe to make you you. But how, exactly, does nature turn all that gobbledy-gook genetic stuff into the flesh and blood of YOU? Science writer Carl Zimmer tells us the story of DNA's translating sidekick, who might actually be the main attraction.

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