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    Image of Perhaps Not Perhaps Not
    08:26 PM

    In reply to Paralyzed By Light
    I wish my cat had a pause button like this.
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    08:01 PM

    In reply to Paralyzed By Light
    Blinded by the light,
    wrapped up like a douche,
    a nematode in the night
    Madman nerdboys nerdgirls,
    Labcoats in the laboratory with a box full of micro worms
    In the dish with a flash as the scientist pumps his lamp into his lab
    With a power cell on my shoulder, feelin' kinda older,
    I tripped the merry-go-light
    With this very unwindin', wigglin' and wheezin,
    the nematode crawled on the ground
    The nematode crawled on the ground
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    Edited by ManchuCandidate at 12/02/09 8:08 PM ManchuCandidate was starred ManchuCandidate was unstarred
    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    08:04 PM

    @ManchuCandidate: Brilliant! The only part I don't get is the "revved up like a douche" line.
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    08:07 PM

    @Annalee Newitz: When I hear that song, that's what I hear even though it is not supposed to be.

    ETA: Changed the 2nd line.
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    Edited by ManchuCandidate at 12/02/09 8:09 PM ManchuCandidate was starred ManchuCandidate was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    08:16 PM

    @ManchuCandidate: Now I'm thinking of Walter's lab from "Fringe". Mad science and LP's.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    07:22 PM

    In reply to Mice With Two Mothers and No Father Live Longer
    Mousie Has Two Mommies -- and a longer lifespan.
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    05:48 PM

    In reply to Mice With Two Mothers and No Father Live Longer
    Is there a way to isolate this gene and remove it, without turning the entire population into twitards? As a female I like being able to hold this over guys' heads, but I would not want to live in a world of just women.
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    06:20 PM

    @LittleDragon: I look forward to someday telling my (theoretical) children to blame their father if they die young.
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    06:33 PM

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: "Daddy. Why does mommy say your a murderer?"
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    Image of Starwatcher Starwatcher
    04:41 PM

    In reply to Mice With Two Mothers and No Father Live Longer
    Where are the requisite "Mickey Has Two Mommies" jokes?
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    06:46 PM

    @Starwatcher: Yeah, I was waiting for that too...
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    Image of aubreyf aubreyf
    04:38 PM

    In reply to Mice With Two Mothers and No Father Live Longer
    The researchers were going to originally try this experiment with two male specimens but decided not to for fear of being labeled miceogynists.
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    Image of jajbowler jajbowler
    04:45 PM

    @aubreyf: you are on an absolute roll.
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    06:46 PM

    @aubreyf: +1
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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    04:05 PM

    In reply to Mice With Two Mothers and No Father Live Longer
    Researchers in Japan manipulated mouse eggs to grow mice that were bi-maternal, having genetic material from two female parents, but no male parent.

    Uh-oh.
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    03:53 PM

    In reply to Mice With Two Mothers and No Father Live Longer
    You get a similar effect if you have just one jewish mother. You don't actually live longer, it just feels longer.
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    Edited by Dr Emilio Lizardo at 12/02/09 3:54 PM Dr Emilio Lizardo was starred Dr Emilio Lizardo was unstarred
    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    04:07 PM

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo:

    Dr. Lizardo is here on Thursdays and Saturdays. You're a great crowd.
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    Image of Im_your_Huckleberry Im_your_Huckleberry
    04:25 PM

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: Tip you waiter, he's here all week.
     Reply
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    Image of NotChoinski NotChoinski
    03:46 PM

    In reply to Mice With Two Mothers and No Father Live Longer
    Minnie has Two Mommies
    (who are bad poets)
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    03:51 PM

    @NotChoinski: I suppose you've heard the joke about Minnie getting a divorce from Mickey, right?

    If not, you're supposed to ask why, to which the answer is that he's f*ing goofy.
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    03:44 PM

    In reply to Mice With Two Mothers and No Father Live Longer
    Bad knees, premature greying and shorter life too? Thanks for all the genetic gifts, Dad . . . .
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    Image of Im_your_Huckleberry Im_your_Huckleberry
    04:28 PM

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: I hear ya. Men get screwed and not literally. :(
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    04:39 PM

    @Im_your_Huckleberry: Er . . . I am a lady. But because my paternally inherited chromosome 9 is expressing Rasgrf1 my life is shortened.

    I'm also really pissed about my hair turning grey . . .
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    Image of Im_your_Huckleberry Im_your_Huckleberry
    04:48 PM

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: Well...that was awkward, but hey at least you still have your hair! I would kill for just the grey option. I can thank my Dad also for no hair( Bald by 25) and bad knees also. :) My mom's dad had wavy Cary Grant hair until he was 85. Dammit!
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    Edited by Im_your_Huckleberry at 12/02/09 4:49 PM Im_your_Huckleberry was starred Im_your_Huckleberry was unstarred
    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    04:56 PM

    @Im_your_Huckleberry: That's ok, it happens quite often considering my screen name is a girl's name (from Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy).

    So far all the grey/white has been concentrated in a single area. I'm really hoping it will develop into a Rogue-esque streak and leave it at that for another 30-40 years.
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    Edited by RandomFrequentFlierDent at 12/02/09 5:01 PM RandomFrequentFlierDent was starred RandomFrequentFlierDent was unstarred
    Image of CodenameV CodenameV
    07:17 PM

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: The candle that burns twice as bright burns half as fast....and oh, you have burned so very brightly. Think of all your gifts. Revel in your time.
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    08:52 PM

    @CodenameV: You're an interesting person CodenameV. That's a nice quote - who's if from?
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    Image of rek rek
    03:23 PM

    In reply to Mice With Two Mothers and No Father Live Longer
    There are a few species (at least one fish, and one lizard) where all members are female.

    I remember reading something, somewhere, which asserted reason to believe maleness would be phased out by evolution, since apparently the genetic components aren't stable.
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    03:16 PM

    In reply to Mice With Two Mothers and No Father Live Longer
    Oh Brave Bi-Maternal World.

    I thought it was due to the male capacity for stupidity and being forced to listen to about her day... kidding ladies.
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    04:54 PM

    @ManchuCandidate: I always figured men were nagged to death.

    (looks around and realizes again why he is single)
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    03:08 PM

    In reply to Mice With Two Mothers and No Father Live Longer
    "Thanks to Robert Atlas"

    Ok, now I'm hurt, because I posted a tip about this but no one thanked me.

    Sniff... sniff...
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    05:43 PM

    @Roklimber: I would thank you, but am busy think of how this can be integrated into a certain conversation about aliens.
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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    08:59 AM

    In reply to Naked Mole Rats' Latest Superheroic Feat: Surviving Without Oxygen
    They really ought to be in The League of Super-Rodents... you know, with The Brachiopod.
    -Kle.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    12/01/09

    In reply to Naked Mole Rats' Latest Superheroic Feat: Surviving Without Oxygen
    The Underminer and his anoxiac ilk will be the ruin of us all!
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    Image of Lolotehe Lolotehe
    12/01/09

    @Pessimippopotamus: Is nothing beneath him?
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