egg

n=4

Darkplace soup

a: The egg ~
b: an unblinking bulbous eye

What: "The egg, representing fertility and perched perkily upon the thick molten soup, is like an unblinking bulbous eye within which you glimpse an unmistakeable come-hither look."

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Writer: jess
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Date: Aug 11 2011 11:57 AM



a: egg pattern ~
b: fingerprint

What:

"The egg pattern is like a fingerprint," Lyon said. "It turns out that in most cases, the parasitism is done by females who have their own nests, and often it's the next-door neighbor, so by comparing the eggs in nearby nests we can tell who's doing it."


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Writer: Bruce Lyon
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Date: Oct 7 2014 10:29 AM



a: egg coating ~
b: little safety vest

What:

"The coating is like a little safety vest for the egg, keeping water and oxygen in and bad bacteria out. Washing can damage that layer and "increase the chances for bacterial invasion" into pores or hairline cracks in the shell, according to Yi Chen, a food scientist at Purdue University"


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Writer: Yi Chen
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Date: Sep 1 2016 5:37 PM


Exploding an egg in a microwave

a: Exploding an egg in a microwave ~
b: the start of the Universe

What: "Exploding an egg in a microwave is like the start of the Universe?"....This page is a really accesable is discussion of the microwave and the origin of the Universe.

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Writer: ALBERT2.0
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Date: Jan 28 2011 2:45 AM



Green Venn Diagram

METAMIA is a free database of analogy and metaphor. Anyone can contribute or search. The subject matter can be anything. Science is popular, but poetry is encouraged. The goal is to integrate our fluid muses with the stark literalism of a relational database. Metamia is like a girdle for your muses, a cognitive girdle.