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@mariner4life said in Science!:
@no-quarter said in Science!:
@mariner4life said in Science!:
Best thread for it i guess, i was watching Planet Earth with the kids the other day, and Dave told me about this fucking horrific fungus.
This clever but evil little bastard releases its spores, insects breath them in, and then the spores take over the now fucked insect's brain. It basically drives the insect to walk up a plant, and then grip on. The fungus then grows out of the fucking insects head, and the cycle begins again.
Fuck. That!!
My kids swore off going anywhere near mushroom after watching that.
Nature is metal.
It fucking is. I remember seeing something similar where (I think) a fly would lay it's eggs inside a fire ant. It would then take over the fire ants brain and make it walk away from the nest and lie down awaiting the eggs to hatch and eat it.
What was amazing was ants would recognise the zombie-fied ant, and carry the fucking thing away from the nest to ensure the fungus didn't grow close enough to infect everybody else
yea, those little bastards who lay their eggs inside still living animals so they protect the egg, and then provide food later are fucking evil too.
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@stockcar86 said in Science!:
Explains a few people I’ve encountered over the years
I thought Neanderthals and Denisovans were separate species. If they can interbreed and produce offspring, isn't that the definition of the same species?
Horses and donkeys can breed and produce offspring. They are different species......
Usually the offspring are sterile though aren’t they ?
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@stockcar86 said in Science!:
Explains a few people I’ve encountered over the years
I thought Neanderthals and Denisovans were separate species. If they can interbreed and produce offspring, isn't that the definition of the same species?
Horses and donkeys can breed and produce offspring. They are different species......
Usually the offspring are sterile though aren’t they ?
Looks like it. But female ligers (Tiger/Lion) can breed with other pure cats, the males only fire blanks
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There’s been a few cases of this now , shark virgin birth
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There’s been a few cases of this now , shark virgin birth
Something like this must be genetically encoded. Parthongenesis (spelling?) can't be spontaneous - it must be triggered by certain conditions to allow the female sharks to create offspring when there are no males around. I'd be interested in knowing whether the babies are clones or have any chromosome differences
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@stockcar86 said in Science!:
There’s been a few cases of this now , shark virgin birth
Something like this must be genetically encoded. Parthongenesis (spelling?) can't be spontaneous - it must be triggered by certain conditions to allow the female sharks to create offspring when there are no males around. I'd be interested in knowing whether the babies are clones or have any chromosome differences
It might similar to the way the marbled crayfish reproduces and what it’s offsprings DNA are like
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@stockcar86 said in Science!:
There’s been a few cases of this now , shark virgin birth
Something like this must be genetically encoded. Parthongenesis (spelling?) can't be spontaneous - it must be triggered by certain conditions to allow the female sharks to create offspring when there are no males around. I'd be interested in knowing whether the babies are clones or have any chromosome differences
It might similar to the way the marbled crayfish reproduces and what it’s offsprings DNA are like
I remember that story - all clones. Not a good genetic diversity model, but if it works...
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@stockcar86 said in Science!:
@stockcar86 said in Science!:
There’s been a few cases of this now , shark virgin birth
Something like this must be genetically encoded. Parthongenesis (spelling?) can't be spontaneous - it must be triggered by certain conditions to allow the female sharks to create offspring when there are no males around. I'd be interested in knowing whether the babies are clones or have any chromosome differences
It might similar to the way the marbled crayfish reproduces and what it’s offsprings DNA are like
I remember that story - all clones. Not a good genetic diversity model, but if it works...
New Plymouth still exists
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@stockcar86 said in Science!:
Explains a few people I’ve encountered over the years
I thought Neanderthals and Denisovans were separate species. If they can interbreed and produce offspring, isn't that the definition of the same species?
Horses and donkeys can breed and produce offspring. They are different species......
So can zebras and donkeys, creating the best portmanteau ever: zebronkey
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@stockcar86 said in Science!:
Explains a few people I’ve encountered over the years
I thought Neanderthals and Denisovans were separate species. If they can interbreed and produce offspring, isn't that the definition of the same species?
Horses and donkeys can breed and produce offspring. They are different species......
So can zebras and donkeys, creating the best portmanteau ever: zebronkey
There’s records of a tahr and a goat crossbreeding , not sure what you call them .
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@stockcar86 said in Science!:
Explains a few people I’ve encountered over the years
I thought Neanderthals and Denisovans were separate species. If they can interbreed and produce offspring, isn't that the definition of the same species?
Horses and donkeys can breed and produce offspring. They are different species......
So can zebras and donkeys, creating the best portmanteau ever: zebronkey
There’s records of a tahr and a goat crossbreeding , not sure what you call them .
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NASA research shows that Saturns rings will be gone in 100 million years. Pretty small amount of cosmic timescale really
NASA Research Reveals Saturn is Losing Its Rings at “Worst-Case-Scenario” Rate
New NASA research confirms that Saturn is losing its iconic rings at the maximum rate estimated from Voyager 1 & 2 observations made decades ago. The
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@stockcar86 I wonder what reincarnation I will be in around that time to witness such an event? Hopefully not living on Saturn by then!
100 million years, right fuckers! Who will be around to go 'see, told you' or 'they were wrong'
What is the margin of error for a time prediction like that? 5-10 million years?
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Using science to brew rum a lot quicker
One Man's Quest to Make 20-Year-Old Rum in Just Six Days
Obsessive distiller Brian Davis invented a contraption for aging booze—fast.
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How ‘magic angle’ graphene is stirring up physics
Misaligned stacks of the wonder material exhibit superconductivity and other curious properties.
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Lets keep this tech out of the hands of civilians, OK.
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I was wondering what happened about this
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the comments are always good value
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