pinboard September 22, 2021

• Taking the ‘Shame Part’ Out of Female Anatomy
  Anatomists have bid farewell to “pudendum,” but other questionable terms remain.
• Moderna vs. Pfizer: Both Knockouts, but One Seems to Have the Edge
  A series of studies found that the Moderna vaccine seemed to be more protective over the long term than the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Here’s why.
• Super-precise new CRISPR tool could tackle a plethora of genetic diseases
  A new gene-editing tool called prime editing allows for greater precision and control over DNA edits compared to the popular CRISPR-Cas9 system
• Pioneers of revolutionary CRISPR gene editing win chemistry Nobel
  Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna share the award for developing the precise genome-editing technology.
• Trove of CRISPR-like gene-cutting enzymes found in microbes
• Hidden details in iconic portrait of Lavoisiers reveal fears of coming revolution | Opinion | Chemistry World
• The tangled history of mRNA vaccines
• California’s Wildfires Had an Invisible Impact: High Carbon Dioxide Emissions
  From June to August, the blazes emitted far more planet-warming carbon dioxide than in any other summer in nearly two decades, satellite data shows.
• S.A. Cosby, a Writer of Violent Noirs, Claims the Rural South as His Own
  After years of small breaks, Cosby has found big success with “Blacktop Wasteland” and “Razorblade Tears,” propulsive books about family, sex, race, class and the stain of Southern history.
• 500 Best Songs of All Time – Rolling Stone
• Thousands of Patients Were Implanted With Heart Pumps That the FDA Knew Could Be Dangerous
• Oakland transforms waste to renewable energy (Oakland transforms waste to renewable energy) — High Country News – Know the West
  RT @highcountrynews: "In 20 years, wastewater treatment plants will be valued for all the resources they produce."

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