The genetic markers will hold many clues, and ultimately help scientists piece together how disruption to healthy biological pathways can lead to the uncontrolled cell division characteristic of cancer – and how drugs might stop the diseases.
Maven is measuring what is left of the Martian atmosphere to help scientists piece together what went wrong.
Expect to hear more from the JCR cruise later this year as the scientists piece together their cache of data.
The new data may help scientists piece together how the scourge spread from Egypt as far north as present-day Germany.
I thought the articles relating to a "mid-life" career change were especially useful and supplement well the Mature Scientists piece I wrote in September.
Now, the robot's first findings are already helping scientists piece together more of this previously hidden under-ice food web, including more evidence of the under-ice algae, as well as tiny copepods, ctenophores (jellyfish), predatory marine worms called arrow worms, and abundant amounts of large floating slime balls, known to scientists as larvaceans.
Scientists pieced together radar measurements covering thousands of kilometres collected by Arctic researchers over several decades.
The question of whether Mars is geologically active is crucial for planetary scientists piecing together the history of the planet, yet it is hard to see how it will greatly benefit a human mission.
The scientists pieced together the chain of events by studying data from satellites called Grace, that measure changes in the Earth's gravity, floating monitors called Argo that measure ocean temperature and salinity, and satellite altimeters that constantly measure changes in sea level.
After tuning it up with a procedure the Daily Telegraph compared to "a man testing the heat of a boiler with his naked hand", the dapper 31-year-old scientist performed pieces by Schubert and Glinka.
