Ed Yong on Twitter: "The scientist who found this tick in amber w/ 20million-yr-old blood is the same guy who inspired Jurassic Park https://t.co/SBAN41Ij5f"

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Science writer at The Atlantic. Pandemic reporter. Polk Award winner. Author of I CONTAIN MULTITUDES. Married to Liz Neeley. http://edyong.me (he/him)

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1. Paul Wagenseil‏ @snd_wagenseil 6 Apr 2017
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  it wasn't an original idea even then
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1. τσnε‏ @ASB1701 6 Apr 2017
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  Aww snap here comes the end. Some lethal mutant species to be unleashed once that blood is messed with.
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1. Paul McCann‏ @meludreen 6 Apr 2017
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  And Jurassic Park's protagonist is named Alan Grant, which is also the name of one of Dredd's most prolific/important writers.
  
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