Just as weather forecasters chart storms off Africa to predict which ones could become hurricanes, he hopes to create a database of animal viruses that have the potential to cross into the human population over the next few decades.

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August gold pushed above what was stiff overhead chart resistance to set off fresh technical buying.

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With little fresh news to push the market, the yellow metal continues to trade off technical chart signals.

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