{"id":1778,"date":"2010-02-05T18:21:59","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T18:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2010\/02\/05\/friday_fun_recombinant_words\/"},"modified":"2010-02-05T18:21:59","modified_gmt":"2010-02-05T18:21:59","slug":"friday_fun_recombinant_words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2010\/02\/05\/friday_fun_recombinant_words\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday fun: recombinant words"},"content":{"rendered":"

My sister-in-law got me a puzzle of the day desk calendar for Christmas. She apologised for not giving me something “better” (i.e. more expensive), but in all honesty it was one of the best presents I got this year.
\nThe puzzles from January 29-31 consist of (vaguely) science-related anagrams. In each case, you have to fill in the blanks with two words that are anagrams of each other. The first few were ridiculously easy, but a couple of them proved tricky enough that I had to write the letters of some likely words down in random order to play with.
\nWho wants to play?!
\nOnly one answer per commenter per hour, please, to give people in other time zones a chance to take part!<\/strong> No need to go in the right order though. I’ll do my best to add answers and bragging rights credit as the comments come in!
\n1) DNA AND<\/strong> RNA are blueprints for making proteins (Elizabeth)
\n2) Of all the elements, NONE<\/strong> is as useful for making brightly lit signs as NEON<\/strong> (Alyssa)
\n3) The coral REEF<\/strong> was FREE<\/strong> of pollution (Kristi. Oh, if only this was true)
\n4) Because the telescope was out of focus, the astronomer was UNABLE<\/strong> to see the NEBULA<\/strong> clearly (Graham. For shame, Alyssa, for shame!)
\n5) The brilliant BRAINY<\/strong> scientist could count in BINARY<\/strong> as well as decimal (Ken)
\n6) When doctors DILATE<\/strong> a patient’s eyes, they see more DETAIL<\/strong> in the retina (Kristi)
\n7) The computer used a fast ALGORITHM<\/strong> to compute the LOGARITHM<\/strong> of a number (Joanna)
\n8) You can turn a TRIANGLE<\/strong> into a square by ALTERING<\/strong> the number of sides (Kristi)
\n9) The doctor had to CALIBRATE<\/strong> his tools to look for a BACTERIAL<\/strong> infection (Stephen)
\nHave fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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