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[SammyC]

@Stockcar86 said in Science!:

A plant that produces both tomatoes and potatoes, called the TomTato, has been developed

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-24281192

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[nzzp]

@Stockcar86 said in Science!:

A plant that produces both tomatoes and potatoes, called the TomTato, has been developed

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-24281192

Awesome - but it seems to be grafted and on sale in NZ 6 years ago:

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11128909

[taniwharugby]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/science/113954687/ancient-northland-kauri-tree-reveals-secrets-of-earths-polar-reversal

[Stockcar86]

This twitter thread about the particle accelerator in the basement of The Louvre

[jegga]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/parenting/pregnancy/birth/114122014/healthy-baby-born-from-deceased-donors-transplanted-womb--first-in-us-history

[No Quarter]

Interesting

[Stockcar86]

[Nevorian]

@Stockcar86 said in Science!:

would the cockroach be around in the Paleozoic also?

[Nevorian]

@nzzp wouldn't the harvesting times for the potato and tomato be different making it pointless?

[No Quarter]

[jegga]

Matt Simon  /  Jul 17, 2019  /  tags

Now We Know How the Zombie Ant Gets Its Bite

Scientists solve part of the mystery of how a murderous fungus orders an ant to bite onto a twig, sealing its fate.

[Stockcar86]

[nzzp]

This blew my tiny little rugby and cricket obsessed mind

NASA's idea for making food from thin air just became a reality — it could feed billions

Here's why you might eat greenhouse gases in the future.

[jegga]

Aug 5  /  Podcasts

Episode 5: The zombie mice of Marion Island

Mice on the sub-antarctic Marion Island are out for blood, and they're feasting, zombie-style, on living, immature albatrosses.

[Stockcar86]

Scientists in Germany have developed an actual, intradermal tattoo that can change colour in response to changing levels of glucose, albumin, or pH

Michelle Starr  /  Jul 21, 2019  /  health

These Incredible Real Tattoos Change Colour as Biomarkers Like Glucose Levels Shift

The future of medicine looks badass.

[Paekakboyz]

@Stockcar86 given the tech is in the ink I'm predict some hilarious tatts making use of it in the future.

[Rembrandt]

@Stockcar86 My ex used to have a glow-in-the-dark tatt.

They don't do them anymore due to cancer or some such illness related to it.

[Snowy]

@Rembrandt said in Science!:

@Stockcar86 My ex used to have a glow-in-the-dark tatt.

Why has nobody done this for me? I have to do everything myself!

Where on her person was it exactly?

Just asking out of purely scientific interest.

[jegga]

@Snowy said in Science!:

@Rembrandt said in Science!:

@Stockcar86 My ex used to have a glow-in-the-dark tatt.

Why has nobody done this for me? I have to do everything myself!

Where on her person was it exactly?

Just asking out of purely scientific interest.

The building code states and public entries and exits need their own source of illumination in case of emergency

[Snowy]

@jegga My scientific interest also leads me to ask what it was?

An arrow perhaps?