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On The Way Out?

a: Obsolete business ~
b: bugger whip maker

What: "NEED to describe a hand-held mathematical calculator? Try "buggy whip." A typewriter? A VCR? They've been called buggy whips, too. Even newspapers have received that label. (That one hurts.)" The link is a discussion of the association of contemporary businesses to buffer whip makers.

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Writer: RANDALL STROSS
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Date: Mar 1 2012 2:09 PM



a: Electron transport chain ~
b: a series of tiny, successively stronger magnets

What: "The electron transport chain is like a series of tiny, successively stronger magnets, each of which has a higher potential than its predecessor." From:Exercise Physiology: Basis of Human Movement in Health and Diseasep.72

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Writer: Stanley P. Brown, Wayne C. Miller, Jane M. Eason
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Feb 25 2014 6:30 PM



a: Lipoprotein lipase ~
b: squirrels of the forest

What:

"Lipoprotein lipase is like the squirrels of the forest, gathering nuts and burying them in secret places as insurance against droughts or a long winter."


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"The Right Bite"


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Writer: Stephanie Dalvit-McPhillips
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Date: Sep 18 2014 11:15 AM



a: taste bud ~
b: mini-brain

What:

"A taste bud is like a mini-brain," Kinnamon says. "It receives input from the external environment, makes decisions, and then sends output to other parts of the nervous system. And it's a whole lot easier to study a taste bud than a brain."


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Writer: John Kinnamon
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Date: Dec 10 2014 3:29 PM



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