2020/08/21

Bio Artist Joe Davis Sent Genetic Code to the Stars

● 21/08/2020
“The feat was repeated in November 2009 when Joe Davis, a self-described ‘bio-artist’ in residence at MIT, hooked his smartphone to the Arecibo telescope and sent the genetic code for RuBisCO—ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase / oxygenase, a common plant protein—in the direction of three nearby stars.”
– Dennis Overbye, going through the iconic Arecibo Observatory’s history in the wake of a freak accident that left it damaged
The New York Times
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