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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- DNA: The Molecule that Defines You
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| August 21, 2012
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Posted on 08/20/2012 9:12:53 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: dr_lew
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08/21/2012 4:19:00 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: Talisker; dr_lew; UCANSEE2; exDemMom
Why is NASA calling DNA a part of Astronomy?
To piss me off, I'm guessin'. ;') The terrestrial shots really bug me as well.
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08/21/2012 4:26:24 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: UCANSEE2
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08/21/2012 4:26:35 PM PDT
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To: UCANSEE2
Hey, what is Jacob’s Ladder if not the double helix of DNA? ;’)
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08/21/2012 4:26:41 PM PDT
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To: Bellflower
Since it cannot reproduce without a functioning host cell it isn't possible for a virus to be the first creature; as it would have immediately gone extinct. Nah... it just waited. Viruses are not exactly alive to begin with, so it's difficult for them to die. There was no need to reproduce until there was something to feed on.
In actuality, no one really knows which was first, as we haven't even resolved the chicken or the egg scenario to begin with.
What cell, or creature, do you think was first ?
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08/21/2012 8:37:00 PM PDT
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UCANSEE2
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To: SunkenCiv
We can even find very similar designs in other places.
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08/21/2012 8:43:47 PM PDT
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UCANSEE2
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To: SunkenCiv
Thank you for the compliment.
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08/21/2012 8:46:53 PM PDT
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UCANSEE2
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To: SunkenCiv
BTW, which Jacob’s Ladder do you mean ?
The one Jacob dreamed of?
The one King Tut played with?
Or the one that involves an electric arc traveling up a set of almost parallel rods ?
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08/21/2012 8:54:00 PM PDT
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UCANSEE2
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To: UCANSEE2
...or maybe Bruce Hornsby’s. ;’)
The first one.
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08/22/2012 1:54:34 PM PDT
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