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https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-plants-and-animals-reawaken-after-40-000-years-of-the-deepest-icy-slumbers

Earth's Ancient Life Forms Are Awakening After 40,000 Years in Permafrost From about 1550 to 1850, a global cold snap called the Little Ice Age supersized glaciers throughout the Arctic. On Canada's Ellesmere Island, Teardrop Glacier extended its frozen tongue across the landscape and swallowed a small tuft of moss.

SMS 2019 Alumni may recall some fascinating discussion on CRISPR from our amazing BCM faculty and Certified Genetic Counselors, Daniel Riconda and Aarti Ramdaney. And I bet you also remember a lecture by the always inspiring Dr. Rayce Rouce (who we're so happy to also have as our new Director over SMS programming), when she discussed the ways CRISPR is being used to target Leukemia and other cancers. We are so grateful for the devoted researchers doing this great work!

Researchers Use CRISPR to Remove HIV From Mice An interdisciplinary team of scientists is claiming to have eliminated the HIV virus from the genomes of mice by combining the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool with an experimental new drug. It’s a promising development in the battle against HIV and AIDS, but more work is required before clinical tri...

https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/art-can-make-science-easier-remember

Art can make science easier to remember Students who learn science using art remember what they learned longer than those in regular classes.

https://phys.org/news/2019-06-scientists-dirt-microbial-technique.html

Scientists hit pay dirt with new microbial research technique Long ago, during the European Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci wrote that we humans "know more about the movement of celestial bodies than about the soil underfoot." Five hundred years and innumerable technological and scientific advances later, his sentiment still holds true.

How diversity in the dental profession could mean better care for minorities | Gary/Chicago Crusader By Dr. Bobbi Peterson When it comes to having access to quality health care, minorities still lag behind their white counterparts, research shows, and that can include dental and orthodontic problems that get postponed or go untreated. “This is a huge problem because regular checkups and care ar ....

https://www.houstononthecheap.com/houston-summer-camps

2019 Houston Summer Camp Guide: The Best Cheap & Free Camps Looking for a great summer camp in Houston to send your kids to? Check out our rundown of the top discounted, free, and cheap summer camp deals around town.

Cy-Fair teen turns down 7 Ivy League acceptances Eghosa Amadin was accepted to seven Ivy League schools, but decided a different school would help her reach her goal of helping villages in famine.

5th graders create prosthetic hand for 1st grader Students at Lakeshore Elementary made a prosthetic hand for a much younger student who was born without one hand.