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by whyenot 5y ago
> The interesting thing for me in this study is that we've got a strong tie to surface level appearance I'm not surprised. Studying charismatic species will likely help with getting you funding, is more likely to get you news c
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by whyenot 5y ago
They have very reduced biological activity, but they are not inert. Seeds can respond to water, temperature, light, day length, chemicals produced by fire and smoke, and to different plant hormones among other things.
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A race against time: saving seeds to protect threatened plants in California(botany.one)
2 points by whyenot 6y ago|0 comments
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by whyenot 6y ago
In the 1970s? No, almost all use of DDT in the US ended in 1972.
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by whyenot 6y ago
It was probably malathion, which is an organophosphate pesticide that is considered low toxicity, although it may be a carcinogen.
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The humble shrub that’s predicting a terrible fire season(arstechnica.com)
8 points by whyenot 6y ago|0 comments
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by whyenot 6y ago
Of course you can sue the bike company, and if your foot got caught because there was no chain guard, causing you to crash and be injured in an accident, you might even win. Even if you weren't wearing a helmet.
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by whyenot 6y ago
Yes, it’s not rotting, just ripening, the same as the process (astringent) persimmons. Describing it as “rotten” is being a little overly dramatic.
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by whyenot 6y ago
It seems like you are assuming that population will continue to increase. Obviously it is not something that can happen forever.
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by whyenot 6y ago
...but Alaska and Hawaii both became states at almost exactly the same time (January and August 1959). Maybe it makes sense if Alaska considered themselves a state in the years before they officially became one? Otherwise, there would be no
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by whyenot 6y ago
In the early 1980s you could buy a 5mb hard disk that connected to the Atari 800 and other models through 2 (4?) of the joystick ports. It was pretty clever, and 5mb was a huge amount of space at a time when a floppy disk held 80k, and load
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by whyenot 6y ago
Vaccine skepticism is already very high in many European countries, including Germany. Vaccination doesn't work if 1/3 to 1/2 the population doesn't want to get the vaccine because they are afraid of the side effects. Th
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by whyenot 6y ago
Here is some more information about the orchard. http://skylinechestnuts.com/about2.html
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by whyenot 6y ago
There is an old chestnut orchard in the Santa Cruz mountains above Silicon Valley that has the Asian, European AND American chestnut species. American chestnut has the smallest nuts of the three, but they are the sweetest and best tasting.
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It looks like the Batmobile, works on solar energy, could be the future of cars(washingtonpost.com)
2 points by whyenot 6y ago|1 comments
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by whyenot 6y ago
Imagine if driverless cars start reporting human operated cars around them that are speeding (excessively) or driving recklessly. Companies like Waze could even build up their own private databases containing the license plates of known “pr
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by whyenot 6y ago
I was getting my car serviced at a local Toyota dealership today. While I was waiting for my car, there were two Priuses that came in with stolen/hacked off catalytic converters. A Prius with a really loud "straight pipe" e
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As the world quieted down in 2020, Raspberry Shakes listened(arstechnica.com)
1 points by whyenot 6y ago|0 comments
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by whyenot 6y ago
I realize links from Politico are not something that are shared here very often, but I thought their report on the problems with the Iowa Caucus was interesting and relevant. ...According to the report, the DNC demanded the technology comp
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Iowa autopsy DNC meddling led to caucus debacle(politico.com)
2 points by whyenot 6y ago|1 comments
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Tracking Down the Long-Lost Orchards of the California Gold Rush(atlasobscura.com)
1 points by whyenot 6y ago|0 comments
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by whyenot 6y ago
Maybe sharing the circumstances of his death will also do some good if it encourages others with friends or loved ones who have mental illness to do something before it is too late. One of my friends has been spiraling out of control for th
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by whyenot 6y ago
Both links you provided appear to be for the same article, just from two different sources. There is nothing in the article about Fauci "urging" anyone to lift the ban on gain of function research. He did defend the research being
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by whyenot 6y ago
I actually think it's not a great time to be in grad school in the sciences. With everything remote and on Zoom, you miss out on much of the networking that is so important if you want to stay in academia.
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by whyenot 6y ago
It would be nice to have a citation or two from said academic literature.
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by whyenot 6y ago
I don't know about other major cities in California, but in San Francisco, taxi medallions were free until Gavin Newsom decided to "monetize" them in 2010. After that the city sold them for $250,000 each while providing low i
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by whyenot 6y ago
Many legislators come to the job with previous experience serving at the county or city level. Once they have are elected at the state level they can serve for up to 12 years. To me, that seems like a reasonable balance between giving them
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by whyenot 6y ago
Switzerland is a neutral country and not part of NATO. The US has no obligation to defend them. Almost every adult male Swiss citizen has received military training. The country may not spend as much as the US, but Swiss citizens are willin
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by whyenot 6y ago
In the breeding process, I am absolutely sure that during the breeding process they propagated using immature embryos. "Cloning" by definition implies vegetative propagation, and I'm sure when they finished the breeding proce
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by whyenot 6y ago
No, because the part of the plant that is being tissue cultured is the immature embryo. After pollination, the flowers of seedless grapes still produce an embryo, but the embryo stops developing when it is very small, and there is no fully

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