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Comment · 3 years ago
Remember that rhubarb leaves are actually poisonous due to oxalic acid (I've seen quotes of 2-5 kg od leaves being a lethal dose).
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/does-rhub...
Comment · 4 years ago
Here is an alternative read for some of us: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220417-ajvar-the-vegan-...
Comment · 4 years ago
This article describes perfectly the Netflix catalog...
Comment · 4 years ago
> Why don’t more plants evolve towards the “grass” strategy?
Grasses have a trick: Grass blades grow at the base of the blade and not from elongated stem tips. This low growth point evolved in response to grazing animals and allows grasses to be grazed or mown regularly without severe damage to the plant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poaceae#Description
Comment · 4 years ago
A quick intro into EVSE and why there is no power 'charger' in them, and the space they take is just empty air https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMxB7zA-e4Y
Comment · 5 years ago
This scene from Cranes are Flying?
https://www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/comments/oqqgcl/this_amazi...
Comment · 5 years ago
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21922504/
Mitonuclear match: optimizing fitness and fertility over generations drives ageing within generations
also https://nick-lane.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Lane-Bioess...
Comment · 5 years ago
In The vital Question https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vital_Question Nick Lane is arguing that the eukaryote symbiotic cell (archea host, bacterial mitochondria symbiot) leads, via sex and the requirement for gene compatibility between the small mitochondrial genome and the host nuclear genome, to a "best fit" pressure on organism with extreme metabolism. Simplified, "Heartbeat hypothesis" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rate-of-living_theory) doe snot apply to, say, birds, that have extreme metabolic requirements (= flight). The fact that, among mammals, is bats that fit the same longevity may indicate that the mitochondrial-nucleus gene match idea could be right.
Comment · 5 years ago