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DNA Goes Binary

Anonymous Coward writes "Chemists in the United States have constructed the simplest possible genetic language. Like Morse or binary code, it has only two letters - but it can orchestrate some of the basic molecular reactions needed for life to evolve."

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  1. Bit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Bit by bit... I'm still retarted...

    FP!

  2. lololol by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    hurr hurr binary

  3. Genesis by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    1: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
    2: And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
    3: And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
    4: And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
    5: And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
    6: And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
    7: And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
    8: And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
    9: And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

    1. Re:Genesis by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      10. And God said, Let there be weed, and it was so.
      11. And God smoked the weed, that it was good; and God divided the cool from the narc.

  4. First Rule Of Fat Club by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is You Don't Talk About Fat Club.

  5. Binary computers? How long before base4 computers? by SHEENmaster · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    All our technology is either analog or binary, but why not try octal or hexadecimal computing? It would allow for for faster computers even if the cost would be the redesign of a LOT of chips.

    This might be a "stepping stone" between traditional and quantum computing, or it might just be a posible avenue of progression never taken.

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  6. Forgot the Last Stage by jimmyCarter · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    1. Simplify the language of life
    2. ???
    3. Profit

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  7. Re:I'm Not Convinced by Twirlip+of+the+Mists · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I hereby moderate this post -1, Too Smart; Made Us All Look Bad.

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  8. Re: "In Soviet Russia" jokes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    LOLOLOLOLOLLOLOLOLOLLOLOLO
    u r teh funny :D:D:D:D::D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D::D:DDDDDDDD