| Author | Message | ||
| D_gordon (D_gordon)
New member Username: D_gordon Post Number: 99 Registered: 11-2008 |
If they could have spoken, they might have said "I'm doing science and I'm still alive. And when you're dying I'll be still alive. And when you're dead I will be still alive. Still alive. Still alive." | ||
| Racoonieboy (Racoonieboy)
New member Username: Racoonieboy Post Number: 62 Registered: 10-2008 |
Hey... ITS FROM THE SONG "Still Alive"!!! Portal.... So does it have to do with portal? | ||
| Racoonieboy (Racoonieboy)
New member Username: Racoonieboy Post Number: 63 Registered: 10-2008 |
Cake is a lie! | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 222 Registered: 11-2008 |
"they" - humans? Non-human animals? Plants? Are they really alive? | ||
| Vagary (Vagary)
New member Username: Vagary Post Number: 191 Registered: 11-2008 |
Jonathan Coulton relevant? | ||
| D_gordon (D_gordon)
New member Username: D_gordon Post Number: 100 Registered: 11-2008 |
Hey... ITS FROM THE SONG "Still Alive"!!! Portal.... So does it have to do with portal? No. Cake is a lie! You will be baked, and then there will be cake. "they" - humans? Non-human animals? Plants? None of these. Are they really alive? Yes. Jonathan Coulton relevant? No. | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 225 Registered: 11-2008 |
bacteria? viruses? organisms in general? Can they be seen with the naked eye? | ||
| D_gordon (D_gordon)
New member Username: D_gordon Post Number: 106 Registered: 11-2008 |
bacteria? viruses? organisms in general? None of these. Can they be seen with the naked eye? No. | ||
| Rubberduck (Rubberduck)
New member Username: Rubberduck Post Number: 136 Registered: 3-2006 |
Can they not be seen by the naked eye b/c they are too small? Or very far away? Transparent? Not part of the visible spectrum, like radio waves? Too dark? Black holes? Are they from the planet earth? Aliens from outer space? | ||
| D_gordon (D_gordon)
New member Username: D_gordon Post Number: 116 Registered: 11-2008 |
Can they not be seen by the naked eye b/c they are too small? This one. Or very far away? Transparent? Not part of the visible spectrum, like radio waves? Too dark? Black holes? Are they from the planet earth? Yes. Aliens from outer space? No. | ||
| Rubberduck (Rubberduck)
New member Username: Rubberduck Post Number: 140 Registered: 3-2006 |
Are they atoms? Parts of atoms? Molecules? | ||
| D_gordon (D_gordon)
New member Username: D_gordon Post Number: 135 Registered: 11-2008 |
Are they atoms? Parts of atoms? Molecules? None of these. | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 300 Registered: 6-2008 |
Do they consist of single cells? Multiple cells? If not, are they typically found inside of a cell? By the fact that they are "alive", do you mean that they truly are able to reproduce by themselves? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 301 Registered: 6-2008 |
Oh, and after typing that I thought of several possible answers. Before I just throw them out there, let me try to narrow it down with some questions (if all "no", that excludes all my guesses): Are they a type of human cells? cancer cells? Did a well-known law passed during the Bush pertain to them? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 302 Registered: 6-2008 |
That last line should read "Bush administration". Something happened there. | ||
| D_gordon (D_gordon)
New member Username: D_gordon Post Number: 137 Registered: 11-2008 |
Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Do they consist of single cells? Multiple cells? This one. If not, are they typically found inside of a cell? By the fact that they are "alive", do you mean that they truly are able to reproduce by themselves? As much as any other living thing is. Are they a type of human cells? Yes. cancer cells? Yes. Did a well-known law passed during the Bush administration pertain to them? No. | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 303 Registered: 6-2008 |
HeLa cells? some other immortalized cell line? (now we're getting into stuff probably few non-biologists know about, so if this is the right line of inquiry I'll just try to get to the $po1ler as quickly as possible) | ||
| D_gordon (D_gordon)
New member Username: D_gordon Post Number: 141 Registered: 11-2008 |
HeLa cells? You got it! some other immortalized cell line? (now we're getting into stuff probably few non-biologists know about, so if this is the right line of inquiry I'll just try to get to the $po1ler as quickly as possible) *****SPOILER***** HeLa cells began in a biopsy of the cervical cancer of Henrietta Lacks, who died in 1951. Unlike most normal cells, cancer cells produce the enzyme telomerase, which allows DNA replication and hence cell division to continue indefinitely, so that if they have access to food, the cells can effectively be immortal. (Hence "And when you're [Henrietta Lacks] dying I'll be still alive, and when you're dead I will be still alive.") HeLa cells are used to this day in cancer research (hence "I'm doing science and I'm still alive.") Even for cancer cells, they are exceptionally prolific, and have often taken over other cell cultures in the same laboratory, to the point that, according to Wikipedia, "It has been demonstrated that a substantial fraction of in vitro cell lines—approximately 10%, maybe 20%, are actually HeLa cells, because the original cells in the cell culture have been overwhelmed by a rapidly growing population derived from HeLa contaminant cells." Thanks for playing! I'll have another puzzle up soonish. Also, let me make an advertisement for DoctaPeppa's puzzle "Propaganda Never Fails" -- if I can solve it, I'm sure one of you can. |
