mifan to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 9 months agoIn a world of conflict news stories are often overshadowed by breaking news. What’s a recent news story, good or bad, you feel went under the radar?message-square56fedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down13
arrow-up1113arrow-down1message-squareIn a world of conflict news stories are often overshadowed by breaking news. What’s a recent news story, good or bad, you feel went under the radar?mifan to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 9 months agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-square@noride@lemm.eelinkfedilink23•9 months agoDon’t worry, we’ll invent a type of plastic immune to this bacteria and start the whole process anew! As an aside, ‘plastic eating bacteria’ have been ‘discovered’ countless times over the past several decades.
minus-square@Paragone@lemmy.mllinkfedilink2•9 months agoPossibly due to each discovery being some bacteria that eat exactly 1 chemistry of plastic. : )
minus-squarelettruthoutlinkfedilinkEnglish6•9 months agoNo idea about that, but your bringing up the issue reminded me of the movie Andromeda Strain… “Just as he has this insight, the organism mutates into a non-lethal form that degrades synthetic rubber and plastic” Apparently there’s a TV show based on the same story.
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Don’t worry, we’ll invent a type of plastic immune to this bacteria and start the whole process anew!
As an aside, ‘plastic eating bacteria’ have been ‘discovered’ countless times over the past several decades.
Possibly due to each discovery being some bacteria that eat exactly 1 chemistry of plastic.
: )
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No idea about that, but your bringing up the issue reminded me of the movie Andromeda Strain…
“Just as he has this insight, the organism mutates into a non-lethal form that degrades synthetic rubber and plastic”
Apparently there’s a TV show based on the same story.