Of these, 16 of them proved to be viable and able to kill certain strains of Escherichia coli—including strains of the bacterium that had mutated to be resistant to the original reference genome of ΦX174.
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Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
7 Aug. 2026
The causes of superhero fatigue — which have recently arguably mutated into full-on franchise fatigue for many properties — have been endlessly discussed.
Many of the characters are deformed in some way, though Williams does not adopt the language of disability to describe their particular experiences.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 July 2026
By watching and analyzing how the soft fingers deformed, the AI could tell the difference between touching sand and touching the pen, estimate the pen’s location, and guide the gripper to lift it out.
Helen’s famous face has been disfigured, presumably by her angry husband, Menelaus; the sorceress Circe uses her witchcraft in self-defense, seemingly as a result of traumatic encounters with men.
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Caroline Mimbs Nyce,
New Yorker,
17 July 2026
Helen’s face is shown to be disfigured as well, due to supposedly an attack in the Trojan War.
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