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This is deadly stuff. You just breathe the air and that’s how it’s passed. And so that’s a very tricky one. That’s a very delicate one. It’s also more deadly than even your strenuous flu.

This may be the most shameful moment in the history of U.S. science policy.

7. Cerebrum’s convoluted surface
8. Drill a hole in the skull of
9. Unit for measuring an electric eel’s shock
10. Hypoesthesia
11. German physician Carl, who researched encephalopathy
13. Maze runners in many labs
15. One of 100 in a googol
17. Tiny bit of a chemical compound
19. Nonheritable, as a trait
22. Brachia
23. When light speed is constant
24. Groups below families and above species

1. The present geologic epoch2. Drug for controlling cholesterol3. Neural impulse carrier4. Sample from bone marrow or fetal tissue (2 wds.)5. Physician Edward, who pioneered vaccination6. Felidae members12. Firmly applied cloth dressing14. Region at the end of a chromosome16. Pertaining to eyes18. Linear ...

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