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In 1983, Mullis, then a chemist with the biotech company Cetus, came up with a way to isolate tiny stretches of a few hundred nucleotides along a DNA strand and replicate them millions of times over, so they could easily be read by scientists.
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Jeffrey Kluger, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
To catch it at its brightest, use a pair of binoculars or a small telescope and look toward the constellation Cetus in the evenings up to and after the 17th.
—Michael D'estries, Treehugger, 30 June 2023
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Jeffrey Kluger, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
To catch it at its brightest, use a pair of binoculars or a small telescope and look toward the constellation Cetus in the evenings up to and after the 17th.
—Michael D'estries, Treehugger, 30 June 2023
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“Cetus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Cetus. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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Cetus
noun
Ce·tus
ˈsēt-əs 
: a group of stars seen above the equator and south of Pisces and Aries
Etymology
Latin, literally, "whale"
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