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How Easy Is It to Type the Letter A?

April 17, 2012

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This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Origin of Life

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Origin of LifeI assume that each and everyone of us has typed something on a computer. Whether it’s an email, a document, or some code – we have all been through the seemingly simple process of watching the letters we type on a keyboard appear [...]

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Why Does a Particular Codon Code for a Particular Amino Acid?

April 16, 2012

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This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Origin of Life

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Origin of LifeOkay – I’m doing a bit of an experiment here on More Thinking. I’m going to try and communicate some of my ideas vis-a-vis my own videos. Nothing nearly as professional as some of the ones that I’ve found online, but good enough [...]

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Better Than Grandma’s Recipe Book

July 27, 2011

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This entry is part 3 of 9 in the series DNA

This entry is part 3 of 9 in the series DNAYou might not think that DNA and my grandmother’s recipe book have much in common and for all extensive purposes they don’t really. But by way of analogy, my grandmother’s recipe book is an excellent place to get a deeper and more profound understanding of [...]

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Building Us (And Everything Else that Lives)

July 26, 2011

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This entry is part 2 of 9 in the series DNA

This entry is part 2 of 9 in the series DNANow that I’ve given my little pep-talk for understanding DNA you may think that we are ready to dive in and understand this amazing molecule (never thought that molecules could be amazing, did ya?).  But not so fast, we have to put DNA in context [...]

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