Dr Rosenthal and Ms Garrett were studying octopuses, looking for differences between those that live in warm, tropical water and those that inhabit the poles.

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EVPs for different segments of the talent market, and particularly for different geographies, which account for most of the differences in what employees are looking for.

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DeCode will search for obesity genes by looking through a population of 70, 000 Icelanders and checking for differences in their DNA. Genes that obese people have in common will be pinpointed within the 3.1 billion letters of DNA code found in nearly every human cell.

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Aesthetically, the camera looks a good deal like the S2, maintaining its nice looking design with a couple of key differences -- for one thing, there's an extra bump on the top of the camera -- this is where the integrated GPS lives.

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In December, it completed a merger with Aclara Biosciences, which is looking at differences between normal and cancer cells to determine which signaling pathways a cancer cell is exploiting for replication.

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