{"id":520,"date":"2015-04-30T13:31:54","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T13:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genotopia.peachpuff-wolverine-566518.hostingersite.com\/?p=520"},"modified":"2015-04-30T15:08:00","modified_gmt":"2015-04-30T15:08:00","slug":"we-are-the-98","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/genotopia\/520\/we-are-the-98\/","title":{"rendered":"We are the 98%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/520615a.epdf?referrer_access_token=Gxvv9mNFoy_uz_tXTVAdt9RgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0N52ruOrZDMomEyffOR-gTFNqpRN7vCEE-i7Mz_q5-j11lWwv9Sm336OMBgInIJyiAgs2jGTebK56VghSbXUzCF8hCsGuLWFk6GQoQIOhqdSYFJlsZW2ntid2CSyygiDRw%3D&amp;tracking_referrer=www.nature.com\" target=\"_blank\">my new review<\/a> in Nature&#8217;s Spring Books issue. Three books on the genome and junk DNA. Even though it&#8217;s a couple of weeks late, it&#8217;s full of easter eggs. Highest density of wordplay I&#8217;ve ever gotten away with in print. 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