Rapa Nui is the Polynesian name of Easter Island, where - in 1965 - the soil bacterium Streptomyces hygroscopicus was found to secrete a compound that inhibited growth of its microbial rivals. Rapamycin is the generic name of sir

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link to full article excerpt: In 1964, a Canadian expedition left Halifax on the HMCS Cape Scott to the Chilean territory of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) to study its population. This island has captured the minds of explorers for more than

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“Whenever I discovered something which was noteworthy,

I have felt it my duty to put down what I had discovered,

in order that it would become known to the educated world.”

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Letter of June 12, 1716

… see: microscope

“Sharing knowledge is the the greatest of all callings.

There is nothing like it in the land".”

The Instruction of Dua-Khety

… to his son, as he entered scribe school c. 2000 BC, Egypt - Middle Kingdom

… see: seeing

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