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Academics at the University of York removed a depiction of the three wise monkeys from their website after they determined it could be seen as an insult to ethnic minorities. The Three Wise Monkeys, which embody the Japanese proverb “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil” and are often used to describe those turning a blind eye to wrongdoing, have become the latest victims of the Black Lives Matter iconoclastic movement in the United Kingdom. The organisers of an upcoming art history conference at the University of York in England have apologised for their use of the three...

“Biochemists have been curious for decades about how plants have evolved to become one of the richest sources of chemical diversity on Earth,” said co-lead author Professor Ian Graham, from the Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, Department of Biology at the University of York.“Using high quality genome assembly, our study has deciphered how this has happened in the opium poppy.”“At the same time this research will provide the foundation for the development of molecular plant breeding tools that can be used to ensure there is a reliable and cheap supply of the most effective painkillers available for pain relief and...