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Viral Mutation Is Like A Murdered Changing....

a: Sars viral mutation ~
b: a murderer who is trying to change his fingerprints

What: "This rapid evolution is like that of a murderer who is trying to change his fingerprints or even his appearance to try to escape detection," said Dr. Dennis Lo, a chemical pathologist at the university.

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Writer: Dennis Lo
LCC: RB
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Date: Aug 7 2011 10:56 AM


With Lots Of Honies

a: Miami ~
b: a beehive

What: "Miami is like a beehive-a bunch of people who can't sit still, who want to be noticed and who are looking for the next big rush."

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Writer: Todd Obolsky
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Date: May 14 2012 3:04 PM


Just Enough.....

a: Dynamic equilibrium ~
b: enough solid in a solution

What: "Dynamic equilibrium is like having the right amount of matirial to dissolve into water but not to much so it doesn't become a saturated solution. Or the point where the matirial no longer dissolves into the water."

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Writer: Frogger4907
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Date: Jul 30 2013 6:30 PM



a: Bacteria ~
b: fingerprints

What: "Bacteria are like fingerprints. Once you are born with them, they never change. Around 80 per cent of the bacteria in your gut were transmitted from your mother during birth. The bacteria in your system today are roughly the same composition as the bacteria that lived there when you were an infant."

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Writer: Vir Sanghvi
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Date: Oct 25 2013 5:07 PM



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