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Open Closet City

a: Portland oregon ~
b: Austin

What: "Portland is like Austin, inclusive to all."

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Writer: Alisa Weldon
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Date: May 16 2012 6:34 PM


What Is The Taste Of Fried Space Time

a: Space time ~
b: a questionable sausage

What: Space-time is like a questionable sausage: nobody knows who or what made it, or where it came from, or what it's made of, and if you eat it all you'll probably die. Moral: don't eat space-time.

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Writer: iconmaster
LCC: QB
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Dec 9 2012 12:57 PM


I'll Have The One With Raisins

a: Allele ~
b: a variation of protein recipe

What: "Genes are like recipes for proteins. An allele is like a variation of that recipe. There could be a recipe for oatmeal cookies that has two variations: one with raisins and one without. A gene for skin color could have two variations: one with freckles and one without."

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Writer: Not Stated
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Apr 30 2013 12:20 PM



a: Interpreting the genome ~
b: reverse-engineering a large program

What: "I imagine that interpreting the genome is like reverse-engineering a large computer program from the binary machine code. And any programmer knows what the "dead" intronic sequences of the DNA are: they're comments." A comment on the linked article.

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Writer: dhfx
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Date: May 7 2013 6:16 PM



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