Thanksgiving is Family Health History Day.
In 2003, the U.S. Surgeon General declared Thanksgiving as the nation’s “Family Health History Day,” when families can share information
by using a secured web site portal: the My Family Health Portrait to gather their family’s health history in one place.
This tool is secure, free and takes about 20 minutes to create your unique family health portrait. Information can be shared with
other family members who may not be home for Thanksgiving. They can build on your Family Health Portrait by adding their health information
and can choose to share with you.
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LifeScience Moment: British naturalist Charles Darwin published "On the Origin of Species" which explained the theory of evolution.
On Nov. 24, 1859, British naturalist Charles Darwin published "On the Origin of Species“ which explained the theory
of evolution.
On July 1, 1858, Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace planned to jointly present at the Linnean Society in London,
but Darwin's baby son had died of the scarlet fever and he did not attend the presentation. Wallace did attend and
presented on the "Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means
of Selection."
The reaction to the presentation was limited, and the president of the Linnean remarked in May 1859 that the year
had not been marked by any striking discoveries. Today, Darwin and Wallace's theory of evolution remains the foundation
of modern biology.
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Where do we come from?
Explore the genealogy of the life science industry by state or province through one-of-a-kind posters
illustrating the founding technology origins of life science companies.
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It's a Small World
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Electron micrograph of tau clusters (Image courtesy: NIAID)
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Science Quote
"The production of useful work is strictly limited by the laws of thermodynamics. The production of useless work seems to be unlimited."
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Donald E. Simanek, US physicist, educator, humorist
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