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A PhD position is available (3 years) in a young group studying the interaction between plant-parasitic nematodes and their hosts.— Naturejobs - All Jobs
If you are interested in the idea of parasitic power harvesting, take a look at these previous articles:— Science Fiction in the News
Barrett instantly exerts a parasitic, vampiric influence on the household, smothering Tony with attention, getting subtly above himself, and displaying to Susan a studied air of dumb insolence.— Culture | guardian.co.uk
By casting an entire people as a parasitic infestation, by demonizing, delegitimizing, and dehumanizing them at home, in school, in the mosque and in the media, the quarter-century-old routine of Israel-hatred, added to 1,400 years of traditional Islamic anti-Semitism, has prepared in the minds of Iranians and their neighboring coreligionists the moral ground for the eradication of the state of Israel.— بالاترین
It's a parasitic organism, and as all parasitic organisms do, it will continue to allow the host survive until it can either find another host or it's forcefully removed.— Dealbreaker

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