Astrobiologists Are “Searching For Alien Messages In The Human Genetic Code”
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Astrobiologists Are “Searching For Alien Messages In The Human Genetic Code”
When we hear popular media talking about something contained in our “genetic code”, usually it’s from someone who misused the term. They really are talking about one or more genes within our genome, rather than the actual Genetic Code. The code of life as it’s sometimes called is the language that the cellular machinery in all life forms on Earth uses to translate the genes—sequences of DNA and RNA building blocks–into an entirely different class of biological molecules: proteins. The Genetic Code is contained in our DNA, but, unlike the variations that occur between individuals and between species, the Code is practically the same for every single organism on this planet. But there’s one story involving something contained in our Genetic Code that actually does use the term appropriately. It’s actually been worked out mathematically that the Code could be a message—for us. Run by NASA, the SETI Institute and various other..
Astrobiologists Are “Searching For Alien Messages In The Human Genetic Code”
Subject: Astrobiologists Are “Searching For Alien Messages In The Human Genetic Code” 
Fri Dec 26, 2014 9:44 am
