Ishpeming_Native t1_jdriadt wrote on March 26, 2023 at 4:55 PM

Reply to Heavy metal concentrations in rice that meet safety standards can still pose a risk to human health by aboynamedbluetoo

(From George Carlin): "Swallowing spit causes cancer, but only if done for a long time."

Ishpeming_Native t1_jd0k41b wrote on March 20, 2023 at 11:21 PM

Reply to Scientists find heatwaves at bottom of the ocean along the continental shelves of North America by Creative_soja

Scare yourself. Read about methane clathrates. Then read about the Great Permian Catastrophe.

Ishpeming_Native t1_j9ikfsm wrote on February 22, 2023 at 5:38 AM

Reply to comment by Joe4o2 in Unlike most mammals, female naked mole rats develop new eggs throughout their entire lives – a finding that could lead to improvements in human infertility research. by chrisdh79

What's really insane is that those guys found women to marry who were still young enough to have kids. We're talking an age gap of at LEAST 20 years, if not 30 or more. I'm 76, and if I had a 10-year-old to take care of right now I'd probably die. And I'm not joking at all. Taking out the garbage is about all I can handle. (Emphysema is not fun, people.)

Ishpeming_Native t1_j8vq3az wrote on February 17, 2023 at 7:52 AM

Reply to A review concluded that "with its sustainability as a plant as well as its distinctive useful property of the seed protein, hemp has promising value in the development of new foods." by OregonTripleBeam

I have always thought that if modern technology were used to make something nutritious out of various weeds, we'd all be better off. Giant thistles. Ragweed. Dandelions (yes, I know the French and others eat the greens, but they eat snails, too). Burdock. If there is a more useless plant in the world than burdock, I'd like to hear it. All that vegetable energy used to produce a burr that winds itself into any kind of fur so tightly that it's easier to cut or burn it out than to try to extract it. Take that perversion and use it to make a nutritious seed! Cockleburs, all the other "I'm going to lodge in your hair/fur and go for a ride" plants. Pigweed. I mean, pick one. All you guys going for a PhD in biology, find a weed and find a way to make it a food crop. You don't even have to change the plant, just find a way to process it into something edible or useful. PLEASE!

Ishpeming_Native t1_izw57rf wrote on December 12, 2022 at 7:42 AM

Reply to comment by CptVakarian in Low-cost battery built with four times the capacity of lithium by BlitzOrion

Yeah. Basically, there are no details at all. GIVE!

Ishpeming_Native t1_izw3l7u wrote on December 12, 2022 at 7:21 AM

Reply to Low-cost battery built with four times the capacity of lithium by BlitzOrion

I read the article. I need a lot more details. What is the size of the battery? Could it be installed in a cell phone, an electric bicycle, a cordless drill, a car, a house? What are the drawbacks, if any? How far away from manufacture is it? Are there any estimates of its cost? Guys, you've given us almost nothing.