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minus-squareryedaft@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·14 hours agoThe molecule is called lignin. And yes, there was a good 60 million years before that particular problem was cracked.
minus-squaremeyotch@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·13 hours 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-squareTwentySeven@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·12 hours agoI know an old woman who swallowed a fly…
minus-squareOrganicMustard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·13 hours agoThe beautiful part is that when wintertime rolls around the gorillas simply freeze to death
minus-squarejaded_genie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoExactly the reference I thought of reading this
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
I know an old woman who swallowed a fly…
The beautiful part is that when wintertime rolls around the gorillas simply freeze to death
Exactly the reference I thought of reading this