Word: outer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...derivative of a common inhabitant of the human intestine-lends itself to being engineered because its genetic structure has been so well studied. In the first step of the process, scientists place the bacterium in a test tube with a detergent-like liquid. This dissolves the microbe's outer membrane, causing its DNA strands to spill out in a disorderly tangle. Most of the DNA is included in the bacterium's chromosome, in the form of a long strand containing thousands of genes. The remainder is found in several tiny, closed loops called plasmids, which have only...
...culture to distant worlds. So they assemble everything they want to say into one huge unbroken message, and then broadcast it out into space. The message is picked up by this huge computer on Earth which proceeds to take over the world and restructure society to accord with the outer-space radio message...
...other side (see diagram). Thin plastic tubes are then threaded through the needles (which are subsequently removed) and anchored in place by small plastic buttons at either end. The iridium-in the form of tiny "seeds" embedded in a thin, stiff nylon ribbon -is inserted into the tubes. The outer layer of the seed is a steel sheathing; it blocks dangerous ionizing beta rays (electrons), but allows the escape of the high-energy gamma rays that destroy the tumor...
...There was no real discussion about arms limitation in the 1976 campaign," McCarthy said. "So far, we've had nuclear tests banned from outer space, the bottom of the sea and underground. But nobody lives there. Why don't we start in Moscow and New York and work backwards...
...bigger than a thumbnail, but its outsize heart is beating strongly. Under its thin, transparent outer tissue, the disproportionately large brain is clearly visible, and the frail, curving backbone appears to end in a tadpole-like tail. Arms have already formed, along with a thin network of blood vessels, a darkly pigmented eye, and features that will soon be transformed into mouth, lips and ears. Miniature webbed fingers can be seen forming within a paddle-shaped hand. Only 40 days after its conception, this tiny, throbbing bundle of life is recognizable as a human embryo...