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March 4, 2012
Today in the Annals of Settled Science
A study led by Jonathan Tilly of the Massachusetts General Hospital overturns the decades-long idea that women are born with all the eggs they will ever have. It reports that women of reproductive age carry ovarian stem cells, meaning that they can produce new eggs.So, to recap: after centuries of intensive scientific research we are still learning amazing and surprising things about our bodies. But climate science is settled once and for all and no further questions need to be asked. -- | Via Meadia
Posted by gerardvanderleun at March 4, 2012 12:22 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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This sounds more like the X-Files than neo-bio clatter.
Posted by: Peccable at March 4, 2012 4:14 PM
And life began from nonliving matter! Primordial soup! The Science Is Settled!
Maxim: When a distinguished, reputable scientist tells you that the science is settled, it isn't.
Posted by: B Lewis at March 4, 2012 6:29 PM