#2171: Shadow Biosphere
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[Cueball and Megan are standing facing each other. A shadowy figure is behind Megan.]
Shadowy figure: These days most of our funding comes in from the shadow biotech industry.
Megan: Did you hear something?
Cueball: I think it's the wind.
[Caption below the panel:]
The shadow biosphere exists, but if you study it, you become a shadow biologist.
(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)
Title text:The typical Shadow Biology Department is housed in a building coated in a thin layer of desert varnish which renders it invisible to normal-world university staff.