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Sequencing the banana genome: http://news.discovery.com/earth/plants/banana-genome-120711.htm

Reddit's r/ELI5 on "sympathetic vomiting": http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1fbwpy/

Chances we had more than one common ancestor: http://news.discovery.com/animals/dinosaurs/life-single-common-ancestor.htm

Greenland fossil microbes: http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v7/n1/full/ngeo2025.html

Australia fossil microbes: http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/ast.2013.1030

Ed Yong's awesome article about the origin of the mitochondria: http://nautil.us/issue/10/mergers--acquisitions/the-unique-merger-that-made-you-and-ewe-and-yew

History of "c" as the speed of light: http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/SpeedOfLight/c.html

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