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Plastic for dinner A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate)

Annotated by Emily Kerr

Annotated on 11/08/2018

Originally published 03/11/2016

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Arrested development: When cells make mistakes Requirement for p53 and p21 to sustain G2 arrest after DNA damage

Annotated by Adam Thomas

Annotated on 06/17/2016

Originally published 11/20/1998

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Metabolic middle ground Evidence for mesothermy in dinosaurs

Annotated by Valerie May

Annotated on 07/19/2016

Originally published 06/13/2014

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Seeing the forest for the trees High-resolution global maps of 21st-century forest cover change

Annotated by Hilary Barker

Annotated on 05/25/2016

Originally published 11/15/2013

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