theGIST Issue 13

THEGIST
Issue 13
Winter 2020
2020 Vision
Cracking the reasons why bats are so special
CRISPR - How bacteria won this year’s Nobel prize
Can humans ever achieve immortality?

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Artwork designed by George Bell
Glasgow Comic Creators Club
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"Venus (NASA) - 37" by Banco de Imágenes
Geológicas is licensed under CC BY 2.0
"ALMA telescope dishes" by European Southern Observatory is licensed under CC BY 2.0
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"SDO's Ultra-high Definition View of 2012 Venus Transit -- Path Sequence" by NASA Goddard Photo and Video is licensed under CC BY 2.0
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RADICALS
inovative capital
improvements to enable
synergistic operations
while securing a
sustainable future.
a bit of a vague
title for a grant
application, isn’t it?
can you use simpler
words that a friend
or family member
would understand?
give me enough
money so that I
can continue to
work and not
starve to death?
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George Bell 16/10/20
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