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minus-squareryedaft@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·1 month agoThe molecule is called lignin. And yes, there was a good 60 million years before that particular problem was cracked.
minus-squaremeyotch@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·1 month agoFirst, 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
minus-squareOrganicMustard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 month agoThe beautiful part is that when wintertime rolls around the gorillas simply freeze to death
minus-squarejaded_genie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoExactly the reference I thought of reading this
minus-squareTwentySeven@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agoI know an old woman who swallowed a fly…
The molecule is called lignin. And yes, there was a good 60 million years before that particular problem was cracked.
Next is plastics
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
The beautiful part is that when wintertime rolls around the gorillas simply freeze to death
Exactly the reference I thought of reading this
I know an old woman who swallowed a fly…