The Darwin Tree of Life project aims to sequence the genomes of 60,000 species of animals, plants, fungi and complex cells such as amoeba found in the British Isles Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2222762-the-grand-plan-to-sequence-the-genomes-of-66000-uk-and-irish-species/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
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Halloween is a cross-quarter day
The 4 cross-quarter days fall between equinoxes and solstices. Halloween is the spookiest one – derived from a sacred festival of ancient Celts and Druids – coming as days grow short and nights long in the Northern Hemisphere. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/halloween-derived-from-ancient-celtic-cross-quarter-day…