Gotta Hand it to the Microbes (Season 4: Episode 34)

Get ready for Martian mudstone biosignatures, a wide-ranging dwarf planet candidate, mapping mammoth microbes, ice gliding diatoms, extrachromosomal Inocles of the oral microbiome, DNA sequence alignment from scratch in R, and an invitation to check out Science Spotlight. Science On.References:Redox-driven mineral and organic associations in Jezero Crater, MarsDiscovery of a dwarf planet candidate in an extremely wide orbit: 2017 OF201Ancient host-associated microbes obtained from mammoth remainsIce gliding diatoms establish record-low temperature limits for motility in a eukaryotic cellGiant extrachromosomal element “Inocle” potentially expands the adaptive capacity of the human oral microbiomeCreating and managing Canvas quizzes with R/exams and vvcanvasBuilding DNA Sequence Alignment With Needleman-Wunsch Algorithm From Scratch - A Note To My SelfScience SpotlightR Packages:factorH: Multifactor Nonparametric Rank-Based ANOVA with Post Hoc Testsivolcano: Interactive Volcano PlotREXoplanets: Creates Interface with NASA 'Exoplanets Archive API'pmsesampling: Sample Size Determination for Accurate Predictive Linear Regressionminipdf: PDF Document Creatorpower4mome: Power Analysis for Moderation and Mediation