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a: Absolute zero ~
b: a completely immobile state
What: "Absolute zero is like a completely immobile state. Molecules are, in a theoretical absolute zero enviornment, not moving at all. However, this is not possible. Scientists have been able to create a near-zero-K enviornment (as close as 1x10^18 degrees), but it is impossible, in space anywhere or synthetically, for absolute zero to be."
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Writer: scherzo
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Date: Nov 13 2012 6:47 PM
# 2414 Critique Analogy
a: Bacteria ~
b: computer
What: "Now that we know the complete DNA sequences of hundreds of different bacteria, we can see that nearly all these diverse functions are carried out by "accessory genes". Bacteria are like computers: they have a "basic genome" that keeps the system running and is much the same in all bacteria, rather like the hardware and operating system of a computer. Then there are sets of accessory genes that provide special adaptations, and over time each bacterium acquires a unique collection of these by swapping with other bacteria, just as computers accumulate software packages and data."
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Writer: Professor Peter PW Young
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Date: Oct 25 2013 5:13 PM
# 4289 Critique Analogy
a: beta cells ~
b: tiny biological factories
What:
"These beta cells are like tiny biological factories that churn out insulin. A single beta cell might make a million molecules of insulin a minute. That means the billion or so beta cells in the average healthy pancreas will make more copies of insulin every year than there are grains of sand on every beach and in every desert in the world."
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Writer: Jason Bardi
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Date: May 10 2014 7:44 PM
# 5672 Critique Analogy
