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@fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish • 11 days ago

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@fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish • 11 days ago
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  • @ryedaft@sh.itjust.works
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    45•11 days ago

    The molecule is called lignin. And yes, there was a good 60 million years before that particular problem was cracked.

    • @OrganicMustard@lemmy.world
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      22•11 days ago

      Next is plastics

      • @meyotch@slrpnk.net
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        29•11 days ago

        First, we bio-engineer bacteria and fungi to prefer plastic as food.

        Second, these bacteria become a serious endopathogen in the human body while scavenging our precious bodily microplastics.

        Third, we engineer a bacteriophage to attack the bacteria in our brains.

        Fourth…

        The whole human comedy just keeps going and going

        • @OrganicMustard@lemmy.world
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          19•11 days ago

          The beautiful part is that when wintertime rolls around the gorillas simply freeze to death

          • @jaded_genie@lemmy.world
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            4•10 days ago

            Exactly the reference I thought of reading this

        • @TwentySeven@lemmy.world
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          13•11 days ago

          I know an old woman who swallowed a fly…

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