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Python’s etymology

Obviously, you know why your favorite object-oriented programming language is named “Python” (Figure 1)? The creator—Guido van Rossum—liked snakes. No, Rossum named one of the most popular programming languages after Monty Python’s Flying Circus. And now for something completely different…

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Population descriptors in genetic research

Since the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released its consensus report, “Using Population Descriptors in Genetics and Genomics Research,” I have been looking for an editorial distilling its findings. Feero et al present just that—10 precepts to guide researchers on the use of population descriptors as proxies for genetic ancestry.

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