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Understanding the digestive system by Saint Oswald's

Understanding modernity: Rietveld by Ana María León

Maria Paula Torres

Rietveld Museum, based on analysis of the Schroeder House. Maria Paula was asked to understand Rietveld's design principles and explain them through her project. These principles included development in x, y and z axis.

RGI Workshop Understanding the Grid 10 by Thema1 GmbH

Antonella Battaglini/RGI, Henk Eleveld/KEMA, Mihai Paun/ENTSO-E, Dr Roland Bauer/50Hertz and Thomas Duveau/WWF

Understanding Home Theater by Curt Robbins

"Understanding Home Theater" gives readers a basic, essential understanding of what is involved in home theater and how much it might cost them. Includes basic buyer's guide info.

You can check out this $4.99 Kindle book at amzn.to/1thIHvR.

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Understanding Your Teenager by neshachan

Listen up, Mom & Dad! Teenagers aren't weird beings from outer space! In fact, YOU were once a teenager!

Memorandum of Understanding Signing by U.S. Embassy Prague

Ambassador Norman Eisen and Czech Minister of Industry and Trade Martin Kuba and sign a Memorandum of Understanding on Transfer of Salt Coolant and Information Sharing in Civil Nuclear Energy Research and Development between the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the U.S. Department of Energy on December 12, 2012.

Understanding Human Proportions. by Genevieve Watt

Acrylic on Card. A5.

Inspiraation by Andrew Salgado.

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Jennifer Doudna by Christopher Michel

Dr. Jennifer Doudna stands at the intersection of biology and history, a scientist whose discoveries have irrevocably altered the course of human understanding. Her pioneering work on CRISPR gene editing has not only transformed molecular biology but has also raised profound ethical and philosophical questions about the very fabric of life. A Nobel laureate, she navigates these frontiers with both precision and an acute awareness of the weight of her discoveries. Her scientific vision is tempered by an almost preternatural sense of responsibility.

I photographed Doudna twice. The first time was on July 7, 2021, at the Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The world outside was shrouded in fog, a thick marine layer that wrapped around Berkeley’s hills, rendering everything indistinct and softened. Inside, the normally bustling institute was eerily quiet. There were no students gathering in the hallways, no hurried footsteps of researchers moving between lab stations. It was a fitting setting for a scientist whose work feels as though it has emerged from the mist of scientific uncertainty to reveal something dazzlingly clear.

In that empty space, Doudna’s presence was striking. She moved with the quiet intensity of someone accustomed to deep thought, her mind constantly engaged in the grand puzzle of molecular biology. The discovery she had helped bring to light, CRISPR-Cas9, had given scientists an unprecedented ability to edit genes with ease and precision. For the first time in human history, we had the capacity to rewrite the very code of life. With CRISPR, the genome was no longer a fixed text but an editable manuscript, full of potential revisions and possibilities.

The implications were staggering. Within just a few years, researchers had already begun using CRISPR to correct genetic diseases in animal models, paving the way for future human therapies. In agriculture, scientists were engineering crops resistant to drought and disease, potentially revolutionizing global food security. Yet for all its promise, CRISPR was also a technology fraught with ethical and societal concerns. The ability to alter DNA brought with it the specter of unintended consequences: off-target effects, genetic inequalities, and the possibility of enhancement rather than just therapy.

Doudna was acutely aware of these challenges. She has often spoken of the moment when, after her team’s initial breakthroughs, she awoke from a dream in which someone had asked her to explain CRISPR to Adolf Hitler. The dream unsettled her—not because the science was flawed, but because its power could so easily be misused. Unlike many scientists, she did not shy away from this realization. Instead, she became one of the most vocal advocates for ethical guidelines and called for global discussions on how gene editing should be regulated.

The second time I photographed her was at her home. It was a more personal setting, where she stood alongside her husband, biochemist Jamie Cate. This session would result in her official Nobel portrait, an image meant to capture not only the scientist but the thinker—the human being at the center of one of biology’s most consequential breakthroughs. In this environment, away from the sterility of the lab, Doudna was quick to smile, yet just as quick to consider the larger implications of her work. CRISPR, in her mind, was not simply a tool of innovation. It was a force that demanded careful stewardship.

Few scientists can move so effortlessly between the precise world of molecular biology and the broad, messy conversations of bioethics, governance, and human destiny. But Doudna is one of them. She understands that the future of gene editing is not simply about what science can achieve, but about what it should achieve. This balance between the limitless potential of discovery and the necessity of caution defines her approach.

Even as CRISPR is being explored as a treatment for sickle cell disease, blindness, and certain cancers, she remains focused on ensuring that this technology does not outpace our ability to control it. She has advocated for a moratorium on heritable human genome editing, recognizing that the decision to alter the genetic blueprint of future generations is one that cannot be made lightly. The world may be racing toward a new era of genetic medicine. But if Doudna has her way, it will not be reckless.

Her legacy is still unfolding, but one truth is already apparent. The world she is shaping will look very different from the one she inherited. And as science advances, her voice will remain one of its most thoughtful, deliberate, and necessary guides. She is a scientist of precision, yes. But more importantly, she is a scientist of conscience.

Understanding How Precipitation Patterns Respond to Climate Change by Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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The McGee group is going to the ends of the earth to understand how precipitation patterns respond to climate change. Recognizing that past changes provide unique opportunities to test our understanding of the climate system, the group is building high-resolution records of past precipitation changes in sensitive regions around the world using natural precipitation archives such as lake deposits and stalagmites. In the past two years this work has taken the group to shorelines preserving records of large ancient lakes in the deserts of the western U.S. and subtropical South America, to caves in the Yucatan peninsula and deep inside islands in Vietnam's Ha Long Bay, and onto a drill rig sampling deeply buried lake sediments in the high tropical Andes.

Images courtesy: Nguyen Hieu & Do Trung Hieu

2017-03-25 99 JB 2550#cotu2ht30 by cosplay shooter (45m views)

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Leipziger Buchmesse 2017 / Leipzig Book Fair 2017

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Jas-Daishi / Jas-Atlas (Jastina) 680266 as Nami [Dynasty Warriors DLC] from One Piece

Thank you for any group invites which I'd be glad to accept. However, if I can't check the content of such groups ("This group is not available to you") I'd rather not add any of my photos. Thank you for your understanding.

Understanding a problem is the first step in solving it. by David Sanabria

Understanding Clifford's Tower by Historyworks

This photograph was taken at the Understanding Clifford's Tower event which took place at Clifford's Tower and the Hilton Hotel, York, on Sunday 25th January 2015.

Photograph taken by Sam Johnson.

Memorandum of understanding respecting First Nations education / Protocole d’entente portant sur l’éducation pour les Premières Nations by New Brunswick / Nouveau-Brunswick

The provincial government has signed a memorandum of understanding with seven First Nation communities respecting First Nations education and the calls to action as set out by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.

www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/news_release.2017.06.0892...

Le gouvernement provincial a signé un protocole d’entente avec sept communautés des Premières Nations concernant l’éducation pour les Premières Nations ainsi que les appels à l’action formulés par la Commission de vérité et réconciliation du Canada.

www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/fr/nouvelles/communique.2017.06.0...

Understanding the Conditions by Georgia National Guard

ANDERSONVILLE, Ga., Sept. 19, 2015 - Members of the Georgia National Guard look upon the site where thousands of POWs were kept during the Civil War.

(Georgia National Guard photo by: Desiree Bamba | Released)

Understanding trends 1 by Michelle Drew

4 different shops all with these repeating colours and I thought this would be harder in a small town :)

Depth of... by David Parody

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© DM Parody 2017 (www.dotcom.gi/photos) These images are protected by copyright. You CANNOT copy or republish any of these photos without written consent of the photographer even if you retain the watermark (if present) and/or credit the photographer. You cannot use on any media including social media either. You CAN post a link to the page where the image appears without reference to the photographer only if not promoting a commercial product or service. Copyright infringements will be followed up, legally if necessary. Thank you for your understanding.

my sister & my kinswoman by Edward Lund

Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:

Proverbs 7:4 King James Version

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2019-03-23 99 JB 24091#co2ht30s20 by cosplay shooter (45m views)

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arun.axa [Insta] (_____) ______ as Waldelfe from ______

I would appreciate any help with the identification of the character and the cosplayer, thank you.

Thank you for any group invites which I'd be glad to accept. However, if I can't check the content of such groups ("This group is not available to you") I'd rather not add any of my photos. Thank you for your understanding.

Understanding Clifford's Tower by Historyworks

This photograph was taken at the Understanding Clifford's Tower event which took place at Clifford's Tower and the Hilton Hotel, York, on Sunday 25th January 2015.

Photograph taken by Sam Johnson.

understanding the new money by peek freans

I think about four years ago, I bought this on Ebay...it's a Norprint Videcon decimal converter, dating possibly from 1970-71.

In readiness for D-day on 15 February 1971, things needed to be in place and that started in 1968 when the first of the new money was minted, the ten pence piece, followed a year later by the 50p piece replacing the old ten-bob bit. To save me going into a lot of fucking detail, I suggest this link en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_Day.

As for the old shilling and florin pieces, these were now worth 5 pence and 10 pence respectively, soldiering on until 1990.

As for this bad boy, well, this would have been used at the point of sale to show the confused consumer how much something was in the new money, by turning the dial at the side. As you can see, this instruction leaflet tells you more.

Understanding by Charlie Of Chops

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2/13/2020 A Changing Ethiopia: Understanding Medemer by U.S. Institute of Peace

Etana Dinka, Visiting Assistant Professor of African History and Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Oberlin College

USIP hosted a distinguished panel that included representatives of the Office of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for a look at the questions, possibilities and problems offered by medemer, a new political philosophy for Ethiopia.

For more information about this event, please visit: www.usip.org/events/changing-ethiopia-understanding-medemer

First Understandings by Lindebornt

Carla Paola Torres writing out the ideas thrown out by the group.