Monday, December 3, 2007
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I've had enough travel for a bit and as long as I have a nice Lowe's next door to the last night's Wal-Mart I've decided to stay here for the day and catch up on some domestic chores. And remove the old defunct swamp cooler from the roof of the Lazy Daze and patch the 14 x 14 inch hole it leaves in the roof.
Night camp: Wal-Mart in Leeds AL
Few genes are required
One's brain is powerfully activated by learning that there are only 30,000 genes in the human genome. That is only twice as many as in the fruit fly, not renowned for its calculating ability, and about as many as a garden weed. Geneticists are sorely vexed that so few genes are required to make something as complex and clever as a geneticist.
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