What does root beer have to do with a potential COVID-19 vaccine? A deep dive on that connection. A peek into the world of people who grow giant vegetables. And the Iowa woman who had her cat successfully cloned.

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Links:

  • A COVID-19 Vaccine Could Rely on Rare Trees in Chile (The Atlantic)
  • COVID-19 tracker: Roche taps Atea for oral antiviral; AstraZeneca's US vaccine trial to resume 'imminently' (Fierce Pharma)
  • ‘We’re like athletes’: the secret lives of giant-vegetable growers (The Guardian)
  • Backyard Giants: The Passionate, Heartbreaking, and Glorious Quest to Grow the Biggest Pumpkin Ever by Susan Warren
  • Squashed by Joan Bauer
  • Iowa Woman Has Her Dead Pet Cat Cloned (Oddee)
  • ViaGen Pets | America's Pet Cloning Experts
  • Kottke.Org
  • Jackson Bird on Twitter

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