Two Black Guys: What exactly will the research ship be doing down in the ocean? They say it's probably going to be a little bit of everything. One part is imaging animals when they're down there, and another is sequencing their DNA. Two Black Guys: It'd be really, really cool if we found Atlantis for once.
Largely thanks to young, liberal citizens, a reformist third party won the most seats in Thailand’s general election. But a powerful army and influential incumbents could look to prevent its leader, Pita Limjaroenrat, taking charge. Bureaucracy is getting in the way of America’s international aid programme. And, with the help of DNA sequencing, a new ocean survey is on the hunt for 100,000 new species.
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