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Germ cells, the cells that form the sperm and the egg, are also subject to mutations, which can be particularly consequential since such changes can be passed along to the next generation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
The 65-year-old succeeded chief executive and co-founder Steve Jobs in 2011 after he passed away from pancreatic cancer.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
The research focused on in-line filtration, a method in which water is first treated with a coagulant and then passed through a sand filter.
From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026
"The substantial amount of time that passed between her death and the discovery meant that crucial evidence had degraded or disappeared."
From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026
My breath came short and hard as I thought back to the reports I had passed on, the night of Hitler’s birthday.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
