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Re:Biology is the New Tech: Letter from a conference on CRISPR by OscarCunningham on Saturday July 27, 2019 @02:17PM (#20543313)
Country size is a heavy tailed distribution. Every country aside from China, India and maybe the US is small.
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Re:Biology is the New Tech: Letter from a conference on CRISPR by smnrchrds on Saturday July 27, 2019 @03:27PM (#20543665)
Even by size, Iran is relatively huge. Iran is larger than France, Germany, and UK combined. For a more visual indicator, see this:

https://thetruesize.com/#?borders=1~!MTQ5Mzg4NTQ.MTIxMTA4MzE...

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Re:Biology is the New Tech: Letter from a conference on CRISPR by redisman on Saturday July 27, 2019 @08:01PM (#20545022)
Are you talking about physical size? If so you forgot two of the actual largest countries (Russia, Canada). Brazil and Australia are also bigger than India.
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