I think that’s a little backwards. Evolution is all about filling niches. The article seems to state Ediacaran diversity was driven by phenotypic (environment-induced) variation caused by ecological stressors. They claim sexual reproduction seems to be a product of environmental factors which drove the diversification.

It’s thought that the Ediacaran had fewer viable niches than the Cambrian, it’s just really not understood why that is. We don’t really see anything near that explosion in diversity again until the land-colonization of the Devonian which is kind of the same explosion driven by unoccupied niche phenomena

Once there was a chemist

There isn’t any more

What he thought was H₂O

Was H₂SO₄

Few flew over the asylum nest seems too poignant

Yours doesn’t roll over?

Planet money had great episode on this topic if you’re interested https://www.npr.org/2024/05/15/1197959089/-price-of-gold-periodic-table-elements

If the waymo numbers are to be trusted then they crash ~5x less frequently than humans

To rizz 'em with the tism

Cambro. They are embossed with the graduations. They are made of food grade plastic. They are made for commercial kitchens and will outlast you. You can get them at any restaurant supply store

Maize was domesticated 9000 years ago by humans there is no “original corn”

Thousands of years older than 1716 if you count domestication of species like bananas

That’s crazy talk. Induced demand is only reserved for cars

I’ve never managed to keep it for more than day. Presumably it’s pretty shelf stable in its brine for a while

It’s pretty easy to make those with some high fat milk, rennet, and cheese salt

If it’s not from Asbestos then it’s just sparkling mesothelioma

Barbados dollars Trinidad and Tobago Dollar

So this is what he meant by “infrastructure week”

Good news! Were replacing inorganic fluoride with organic fluorine

So we’re in agreement?

My understanding of the washing soda is to raise the pH for saponification of fats and other non-polar compounds to dissolve in water. Saponification works best with more basic solutions which is why lye is used in soap making. By reducing the pH by adding vinegar you’re neutralizing the washing soda to a degree because it reacts to create water with carbon dioxide and sodium acetate which overall makes a less effective detergent

Well the RNA bit is the easy part. Finding a way to target cancer cells with gene splicing gets trickier