☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.mlEnglish · 12 hours agoScientists solve 200-year-old puzzle of how tobacco plants make nicotinewww.york.ac.ukexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down11
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-linkScientists solve 200-year-old puzzle of how tobacco plants make nicotinewww.york.ac.uk☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.mlEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 hours agoIt’s an older one so in case someone doesn’t know, the premise of that Simpsons episode is that because tomatoes have a small amount of nicotine being a related plant (actual fact) to tobacco they could be combined making addictive tomatoes.
minus-squarepartofthevoice@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 hours agoNo sorry, that would take another 200 years.
Same for tomato plants?
Tomacco plants?
It’s an older one so in case someone doesn’t know, the premise of that Simpsons episode is that because tomatoes have a small amount of nicotine being a related plant (actual fact) to tobacco they could be combined making addictive tomatoes.
No sorry, that would take another 200 years.