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Cells
“
I can't tell you how
I knew - but I did know that I had crossed
The border. Everything I loved was lost
But no aorta could report regret.
A sun of rubber was convulsed and set;
And blood-black nothingness began to spin
A system of cells interlinked within
Cells interlinked within cells interlinked
Within one stem. And dreadfully distinct
Against the dark, a tall white fountain played.
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― Pale Fire
― Pale Fire
“
there is a countless number of the simplest formations, viruses, which evidently stand on the border-line between the living and the non-living.
”
― The Origin of Cells
― The Origin of Cells
The goal of this reading group is to be curious and to explore an array of biological topics by …more
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