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Fun guy chillin’ in South American rainforest finds plastic-eating fungi
Seriously, though this is kind of a big deal. Know that big problem we have? You know, the one involving a crapload of used plastic hanging around in landfills with nowhere to biodegrade for a couple million years? Well, Jonathan Russell might’ve solved that problem. See, Russell and his fellow Yale students went to Ecuador, where they found a new kind of fungus they’re calling Pestalotiopsis microspora. Big deal, you’re thinking. Anyone can find fungus anywhere! Well, something his fellow students found out after the fact is that this fungus can live on a diet of polyurethane alone — and even crazier, it doesn’t even need air to do so! In other words, we could potentially put it at the bottom of a landfill and cover it with plastic, and it would do the rest of the work. This might be game-changing if it works as advertised. (photo via Flickr user dbutt; EDIT: Updated with link to research abstract) source
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Christina tries out a life hack
On the Olympic scale of the dumbest things I’ve ever seen, THIS IS THE DUMBEST YHING I HAVE EVER SEEN
IT’S A CUPCAKE SANDWICH SARAH IT’S BEAUTIFUL AND DOESN’T NEED YOUR SASS
THAT ATROCITY DOESN’T NEED MY SASS AS MUCH AS IT NEEDS TO BE CRUSHED UNDER MY HEEL AND NUKED AT THE STAKE
LOOK AT ITS POOR, MANGLED CARCASS HOW COULD YOU
I DIDNT EVEN DO IT I MERELY DOCUMENTED IT AND IT ALL TASTES THE SAME OK.
ooooooooooh you just DOCUMENTED IT okay then well ALL IS FORGIVEN it’s not like you stood by and let it all happen OH WAIT THAT’S RIGHT. IT WILL NEVER TASTE THE SAME AGAIN. IT WILL NEVER BE WHOLE
THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION WAS NOT CHANGED SO GET OVER IT
frogggy89-deactivated20220928:
“I just like dressing up in women’s clothes, that’s all. I’m perfectly normal.”
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The Dino Pet - A Self Sustaining Night Light
Designed by Yonder Biology (“The DNA Art Company”), the Dino Pet is a dinosaur-shaped habitat for a species of bioluminescent marine algae that photosynthesizes during the day and glows at night. “Dino” is actually a play on words, as the actual organisms contained inside the dinosaur-shaped model are called dinoflagellates and are known for their ability to glow when physically agitated (shaken). You might have already seen them in action as they live on various shorelines that cause the waves to glow at night. The organisms can live for 1-3 months but can potentially live indefinitely if the algae are supplied with the proper food and right amount of sunlight. I have a feelings these are going to be very popular but they aren’t ready for sale yet. The Dino Pet is currently funding on Kickstarter.
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if you feel sad look at these pictures it is a dog and a deer look they are best friends
:-)
FRIEND YOU HAVE BECOME SO BIG WHAT HAS HAPPENED
I FEEL BOTH PROUD AND SCARED
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it should be a law that if you own one of those cool story babe shirts you have to eat it. eat the fucking shirt.
Since a lot of people are getting into WtNV and are interested in things similar to it, I figured I should make a compilation post about the SCP Foundation and some good entries to start with if you’re wanting to get into it and its own brand of…
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